Course of disease in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH): A follow-up study 3, 4 and 5 years following shunt implantation

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 102, 2008, Pages 125-127

  Meier, U ^a   Lemcke, J ^a   Al Zain, F ^a  

^a UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome study; Gravitational valve; Gravitational valve shunt operation; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Miethke proGAV. Outcome; Programmable Medos Codman Valve

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 85052609821     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-85578-2_25     Document Type: Article

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