A case of normal-pressure hydrocephalus associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-191

  Catananti, Chiara ^a   Mastropaolo, Simona ^a   Calabrese, Cristina ^a   Silveri, Maria Caterina ^a   Onder, Graziano ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dementia; Hydrocephalus; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; URIC ACID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL HEALTH; MICTURITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PHALANX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RIGIDITY; SEROLOGY; SYNOVITIS; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 77953083811     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324795     Document Type: Article

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