Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: Correlating magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers with clinical response

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 803-808

  Ng, Samuel E S ^a,d   Low, Angela M S ^b   Kok, Kee Tang ^c   Lim, Winston E H ^d   Kwok, Robert K ^a  

^a MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c KK Tang Adult and Paediatric Neurosurgery   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics; Modified total improvement index; Peak flow rate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SINGAPORE;

EID: 70349664315     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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