Brain CT scan indexes in the normal pressure hydrocephalus: Predictive value in the outcome of patients and correlation to the clinical symptoms

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 353-362

  Chatzidakis, Emmanuel M ^a   Barlas, George ^a   Condilis, Nicolas ^b   Bouramas, Dimos ^c   Anagnostopoulos, Demetrios ^c   Volikas, Zacharias ^d   Simopoulos, Konstantinos ^d  

^a General State Hospital of Nikaia   (Greece)

^b 6th Municipal Health Center of Athens   (Greece)

^c KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain CT scan indexes; CSF shunting outcome; CSF shunting procedures; Hydrocephalus; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 60549088878     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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