Preoperative spinal hydrodynamics versus clinical change 1 year after shunt treatment in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 475-483

  Eide, P K ^a   Sorteberg, W ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid pressure; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Outcome; Single pressure waves; Ventriculoperitoneal shunts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RECORDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33645541544     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690500495125     Document Type: Article

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