Normal-pressure hydrocephalus with misleading features of irreversible dementias: A case report

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 51-54

  Schwarzschild, Michael ^a   Rordorf, Guy ^a   Bekken, Kaaren ^a   Buonanno, Ferdinando ^a   Schmahmann, Jeremy D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030801577     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879701000202     Document Type: Article

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