Dependency of cerebrospinal fluid outflow resistance on intracranial pressure: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 918-922

  Andersson, Nina ^a,b   Malm, Jan ^b   Eklund, Anders ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Infusion test; Intracranial pressure; Linearity; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Outflow resistance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFUSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149168576     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/11/0918     Document Type: Article

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