Predictors of outcome in patients with normal-pressure hydrocephalus

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 96, 2006, Pages 352-357

  Meier, U ^a   Lemcke, J ^a   Neumann, U ^a  

^a UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Miethke Dualswitch Valve; outflow resistance; shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85052608875     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-211-30714-1_73     Document Type: Article

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