The pathophysiology of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: Cerebral ischemia or altered venous hemodynamics?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 198-203

  Bateman, Grant A ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS PRESSURE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38349050141     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0739     Document Type: Article

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