A comparison between the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis and normal pressure hydrocephalus: Is pulse wave encephalopathy a component of MS?

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bateman, Grant A ^a,b   Lechner Scott, Jeannette ^a,b,c   Lea, Rodney A ^d  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebrospinal fluid; Compliance; Multiple sclerosis; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Pulse wave encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS DELAY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; PULSE WAVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; STRAIGHT SINUS; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

EID: 84995575911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12987-016-0041-2     Document Type: Article

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