Noninvasive biomarkers in normal pressure hydrocephalus: Evidence for the role of neuroimaging - A review

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 837-851

  Tarnaris, Andrew ^a   Kitchen, Neil D ^a   Watkins, Laurence D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Chronic hydrocephalus; Imaging; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MEDLINE; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 66849117076     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2007.9.17572     Document Type: Review

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