Asymptomatic ventriculomegaly with features of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus on MRI (AVIM) in the elderly: A prospective study in a Japanese population

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 54-57

  Iseki, Chifumi ^a   Kawanami, Toru ^a   Nagasawa, Hikaru ^a   Wada, Manabu ^a   Koyama, Shingo ^a   Kikuchi, Kenji ^a   Arawaka, Shigeki ^a   Kurita, Keiji ^a   Daimon, Makoto ^a   Mori, Etsuro ^b   Kato, Takeo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Cohort study; iNPH; MRI; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Population based study; Preclinical stage; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58149305982     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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