Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and long-term survival of the Strata® valve in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-121

  Lundkvist, B ^a   Koskinen, L O D ^a   Birgander, R ^b   Eklund, A ^c   Malm, J ^a  

^a Departments of Clinical Microbiology   (Sweden)

^b Departments of Radiation Sciences   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid infusion test; Cerebrospinal fluid outflow conductance; cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Intracranial pressure; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PLACEBO EFFECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; VALVE; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960131447     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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