The role of altered impedance in the pathophysiology of normal pressure hydrocephalus, Alzheimer's disease and syringomyelia

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 980-985

  Bateman, Grant A ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FLUID FLOW; IMPEDANCE; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 7044272361     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.04.019     Document Type: Article

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