Normal pressure hydrocephalus: Long-term outcome after shunt surgery

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1282-1286

  Pujari, S ^a   Kharkar, S ^b,c   Metellus, P ^b   Shuck, J ^b,c   Williams, M A ^b,c   Rigamonti, Daniele ^b,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICTURITION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; HOSPITALIZATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 55249118862     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.123620     Document Type: Article

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