Objective B wave analysis in 55 patients with non-communicating and communicating hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 965-970

  Stephensen, H ^a   Andersson, N ^b   Eklund, A ^b   Malm, J ^b   Tisell, Magnus ^a   Wikkelso C ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; B WAVE; CISTERNOGRAPHY; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSOR; SHUNTING; SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 21344453288     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.039834     Document Type: Article

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