The European iNPH Multicentre Study on the predictive values of resistance to CSF outflow and the CSF Tap Test in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 562-568

  Wikkelsø, Carsten ^a   Hellström, Per ^a   Klinge, Petra Margarete ^b   Tans, Jos Th J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Brown University Program in Neurosurgery   (United States)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OUTFLOW RESISTANCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID TAP TEST; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84876155018     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-303314     Document Type: Article

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