Normal pressure hydrocephalus co-existing with a second dementia disorder

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 1 B, 2008, Pages 301-304

  Alisky, Joseph ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Gait disorder; Lewy body dementia; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 41549105806     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s2027     Document Type: Article

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