Prevalence of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus in the elderly population of a Japanese rural community

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 197-199

  Hiraoka, Kotaro ^a   Meguro, Kenichi ^a   Mori, Etsuro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 44349178144     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.48.197     Document Type: Article

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