Heterogeneous cerebral glucose metabolism in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 608-615

  Tedeschi, Enrico ^a,d   Hasselbalch, Steen G ^a   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a   Juhler, Marianne ^b   Høgh, Peter ^a   Holm, Søren ^b   Garde, Lars ^b   Knudsen, Lisbet Lumholdt ^a   Klinken, Leif ^c   Gjerris, Flemming ^b   Paulson, Olaf B ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral glucose metabolism; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEOXYGLUCOSE; FEMALE; FLUDEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; GLUCOSE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0028880459     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.59.6.608     Document Type: Article

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