Diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-111

  Vacca, Vincent ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCTURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 34249719408     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01376517-200704000-00007     Document Type: Article

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