Brain tissue water content in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 96, 2006, Pages 348-351

  Aygok, G ^a   Marmarou, A ^a   Fatouros, P ^a   Young, H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrocephalus; NPH; Periventricular lucency; vasogenic edema

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; BODY WATER; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 85052610499     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-211-30714-1_72     Document Type: Article

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