Predicting the outcome of shunt surgery in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 729-736

  Kilic, K ^a   Czorny, A ^b   Auque, J ^c   Berkman, Z ^a  

^a HAYDARPASA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Adult chronic hydrocephalus; CSF tap test; Diagnosis; Lumbar external drainage; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Periventricular hyperintensity; Shunt surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHUNTING; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 34250169771     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.03.028     Document Type: Article

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