When to consider normal pressure hydrocephalus in the patient with gait disturbance

Geriatrics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 32-37

  Factora, Ronan ^a,b   Luciano, Mark ^b  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dysfunction; Gait impairment; Hydrocephalus; Shunt; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE;

EID: 40949148103     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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