An overview of normal pressure hydrocephalus and its importance: How much do we really know?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-21

  Siraj, Seema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GAIT DISORDER; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAGET BONE DISEASE; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 78650609196     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.05.005     Document Type: Review

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