Natural course of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 806-810

  Andrén, Kerstin ^a   Wikkelsø, Carsten ^a   Tisell, Magnus ^a   Hellström, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNTING;

CLINICAL NEUROLOGY; CSF DYNAMICS; DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 84902154537     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-306117     Document Type: Article

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