Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: The benefits and problems of shunting

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 80-81

  Batra, Sachin ^a   Rigamonti, Daniele ^b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE;

EID: 59849087709     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro1004     Document Type: Article

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