Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and Large Head Size

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-37

  Krefft, Thomas A ^a   Graff Radford, Neill R ^a   Lucas, John A ^a   Mortimer, James A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Head circumference; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1542284118     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200401000-00007     Document Type: Article

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