Clinical significance of cerebrospinal fluid tap test and magnetic resonance imaging/computed tomography findings of tight high convexity in patients with possible idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-123

  Ishikawa, Masatsune ^a   Oowaki, Hisayuki ^b   Matsumoto, Atsuhito ^c   Suzuki, Takayuki ^d   Furuse, Motomasa ^a   Nishida, Namiko ^a  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO KATSURA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION HIMEJI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid tap test; Communicating hydrocephalus; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Tight high convexity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; PUNCTURE; URINARY DYSFUNCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77249165533     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.50.119     Document Type: Article

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