MR cisternography: Is it useful in the diagnosis of normal-pressure hydrocephalus and the selection of "good shunt responders"?

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-111

  Algin, Oktay ^a   Hakyemez, Bahattin ^b   Ocakoǧlu, Gökhan ^b   Parlak, Müfit ^b  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Contrast media; Magnetic resonance imaging; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CISTERNOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATIENT SELECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956318115     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.3133-09.1     Document Type: Article

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