Cerebrospinal fluid shunting in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus of the elderly: Effect of periventricular and deep white matter lesions

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 292-300

  Krauss, Joachim K ^a,b   Droste, Dirk W ^a   Vach, Werner ^a   Regel, Jens P ^a   Orszagh, Miro ^a   Borremans, Jan J ^a   Tietz, Andreas ^a   Seeger, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Outcome; Shunt; Signal abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029941498     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199608000-00011     Document Type: Article

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