Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus - Overviews and pathogenesis

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-217

  Ishikawa, Masatsune ^a  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Gait disturbance; Hydrocephalus; The elderly; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CAPILLARY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; JAPAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION GROWTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DEMENTIA; DRAINAGE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SYNDROME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 40949131027     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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