Differential diagnosis of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus from other dementias using diffusion tensor imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1496-1503

  Kim, M J ^a   Seo, S W ^b   Lee, K M ^c   Kim, S T ^b   Lee, J I ^b   Nam, D H ^b   Na, Duk L ^b  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052909605     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2531     Document Type: Article

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