Ventricular dilation: Association with gait and cognition

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-493

  Palm, Walter M ^a   Saczynski, Jane S ^b   Van Der Grond, J ^a   Sigurdsson, Sigurdur ^c   Kjartansson, Olafur ^c   Jonsson, Palmi V ^c,d   Eiriksdottir, Gudny ^c   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^c,d   Admiraal Behloul, Faiza ^a   Launer, Lenore J ^e   Van Buchem, Mark A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SUBICULUM; URINE INCONTINENCE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70449371508     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21739     Document Type: Article

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