Clinical assessment of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in hydrocephalus. Guide to interpretation based on observational study

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-98

  Weerakkody, R A ^a   Czosnyka, M ^a   Schuhmann, M U ^b   Schmidt, E ^c   Keong, N ^a   Santarius, T ^a   Pickard, J D ^a   Czosnyka, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Clinical neurology; Neurosurgery; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Spinal fluid and hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OBSERVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960114401     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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