Familial normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) with an autosomal-dominant inheritance: A novel subgroup of NPH

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 149-151

  Takahashi, Yoshimi ^a   Kawanami, Toru ^a   Nagasawa, Hikaru ^a   Iseki, Chifumi ^a   Hanyu, Haruo ^b   Kato, Takeo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant inheritance; Dementia; Familial NPH; Gait disturbance; Genetics; iNPH; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FAMILIAL NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; FAMILY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 80051587125     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.06.018     Document Type: Article

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