INPH guidelines, part V: Outcome of shunting in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus and the value of outcome assessment in shunted patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Klinge, Petra ^a   Marmarou, Anthony ^b   Bergsneider, Marvin ^c   Relkin, Norman ^d   Black, Peter Mc L ^e  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Outcome

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHUNTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; EVALUATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24344456020     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000168187.01077.2F     Document Type: Review

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