Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: Analysis of factors related to cerebrospinal fluid dynamics determining functional prognosis

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 933-941

  Barcena A ^a   Mestre, C ^a   Canizal J M ^a   Rivero, B ^a   Lobato, R D ^b  

^a Hospital del Aire   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal pulse pressure; Intracranial pressure; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0030702783     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411302     Document Type: Article

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