Five-year incidence of surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in Norway

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 314-316

  Brean, A ^a   Fredo H L ^b   Sollid, S ^c   Muller T ^d   Sundstrom T ^e   Eide, P K ^f  

^a Vestfold County Hospital   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Incidence; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NORWAY; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349976856     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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