Psychiatric manifestations of normal-pressure hydrocephalus: A short review and unusual case

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 465-470

  Pinner, Gillian ^a,b   Johnson, Hazel ^a   Bouman, Walter P ^a   Isaacs, Jo ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SHUNTING; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; PARANOID DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0031447936     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610297004602     Document Type: Article

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