Validation of grading scale for evaluating symptoms of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-45

  Kubo, Yoshihiko ^a,e   Kazui, Hiroaki ^a   Yoshida, Tetsuihiko ^a   Kito, Yumiko ^a   Kimura, Nobuyo ^a   Tokunaga, Hiromasa ^a   Ogino, Atsushi ^a,b   Miyake, Hiroji ^c   Ishikawa, Masatsune ^d   Takeda, Masatoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NISHINOMIYA KYORITSU NEUROSURGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; CSF tap test; Dementia; Gait disturbance; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Rating scale, validity; Urinary disturbance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS SCALE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHUNTING; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 37349095715     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111149     Document Type: Article

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