Normal-pressure hydrocephalus: An update

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-35

  Stein, Sherman C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; Hydrocephalus; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Patient selection

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHUNTING;

EID: 0035126744     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013414-200103000-00004     Document Type: Review

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