A case of parkinsonian syndrome caused by normal pressure hydrocephalus accomopanied by the cauda equina neurinoma

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-135

  Munakata, Shin ^a   Nagumo, Kiyomi ^a   Tanno, Takaaki ^a   Kojima, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a Matsudo City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cauda equina tumor; Lower body parkinsonism; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Parkinsonian syndrome; Spinal cord tumor

Indexed keywords

AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEURINOMA; PARKINSONISM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RIGIDITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

CAUDA EQUINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036462830     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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