The value of the cerebrospinal fluid tap test for predicting shunt effectiveness in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ishikawa, Masatsune ^a   Hashimoto, Masaaki ^b   Mori, Etsuro ^c   Kuwana, Nobumasa ^d   Kazui, Hiroaki ^e  

^a Otowa Hospital   (Japan)

^b Noto General Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID TAP TEST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION TREE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862231067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-8118-9-1     Document Type: Article

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