Lack of relationship between resistance to cerebrospinal fluid outflow and intracranial pressure in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 381-388

  Eide, P K ^a,b   Fremming, A D ^a   Sorteberg, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult hydrocephalus; Constant rate infusion test; Intracranial pressure monitoring; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0344009996     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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