A prospective study of ventriculo-peritoneal shunting for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1180-1183

  Razay, George ^a   Vreugdenhil, Anthea ^a   Liddell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balance; Dementia; Neurosurgery; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Ventriculo peritoneal shunting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; WALKING AID;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 67650713627     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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