Use of cerebrospinal fluid flow rates measured by phase-contrast MR to predict outcome of ventriculoperitoneal shunting for idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 509-514

  Dixon, Geoffrey R ^a   Friedman, Jonathan A ^a   Luetmer, Patrick H ^a   Quast, Lynn M ^a   McClelland, Robyn L ^a   Petersen, Ronald C ^a   Maher, Cormac O ^a   Ebersold, Michael J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0036266775     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/77.6.509     Document Type: Article

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