Changes in aqueductal CSF stroke volume in shunted patients with idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1580-1586

  Scollato, Antonio ^a   Gallina, P ^a   Gautam, B ^b   Pellicano G ^a   Cavallini, C ^a   Tenenbaum, R ^a   Di Lorenzo, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349209115     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1616     Document Type: Article

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