Prevalence of probable idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in a Norwegian population

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-53

  Brean, A ^a   Eide, P K ^b  

^a Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NORWAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 44949139786     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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