Cerebrospinal fluid absorption block at the vertex in chronic hydrocephalus: Obstructed arachnoid granulations or elevated venous pressure?

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bateman, Grant A ^a,b   Siddique, Sabbir H ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Chronic hydrocephalus; MR venography; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Sagittal sinus pressure

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS VENOSUS; TRANSVERSE SINUS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 84901846281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-8118-11-11     Document Type: Article

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