The pathophysiology of the aqueduct stroke volume in normal pressure hydrocephalus: Can co-morbidity with other forms of dementia be excluded?

Neuroradiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 741-748

  Bateman, Grant A ^a   Levi, Christopher R ^b   Schofield, Peter ^c   Wang, Yang ^b   Lovett, Elizabeth C ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c James Fletcher Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Aqueduct stroke volume; Compliance; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN ARTERY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 27644528513     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-005-1418-0     Document Type: Article

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