Shunt surgery in patients with hydrocephalus and white matter changes: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1432-1438

  Tisell, Magnus ^a   Tullberg, Mats ^a   Hellström, Per ^a   Edsbagge, Mikael ^a   Högfeldt, Mats ^a   Wikkelsö, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Binswanger disease; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Randomized controlled trial; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINSWANGER ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHUNTING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 79955652931     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.JNS10967     Document Type: Article

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