Normal-pressure hydrocephalus: White matter lesions correlate negatively with gait improvement after lumbar puncture

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 774-778

  Bugalho, Paulo ^a   Alves, Luísa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Lumbar puncture; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Vascular risk factors; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WALKING; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34548582039     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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