Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in the elderly - Review and perspectives;Der idiopathische normaldruckhydrozephalus des alteren menschen: Uberblick und perspektiven

Aktuelle Neurologie

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 250-259

  Krauss, Joachim K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; XENON;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CISTERNOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHUNTING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033386058     PISSN: 03024350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1017638     Document Type: Article

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