Familial aggregation of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: Novel familial case and a family study of the NPH triad in an iNPH patient cohort

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 321, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 82-88

  McGirr, Alexander ^a,b   Cusimano, Michael D ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Familial aggregation; Family study; Genetics; Heritability; Idiopathic; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL AGGREGATION; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GAIT; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866048099     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.07.062     Document Type: Article

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