Prediction of effectiveness of shunting in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus by cerebral blood flow measurement and computed tomography cisternography

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 841-846

  Chang, Chia Cheng ^a,b   Kuwana, Nobumasa ^a   Ito, Susumu ^a   Ikegami, Tadashi ^a  

^a Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Computed tomography cisternography; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; SHUNTING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032796294     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.841     Document Type: Article

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