Neuropathological Changes in Chronic Adult Hydrocephalus: Cortical Biopsies and Autopsy Findings
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Neuropathological changes in chronic adult hydrocephalus: cortical biopsies and autopsy findings.
BACKGROUND The cortical changes resulting from chronic hydrocephalus in adults are not well defined. METHODS Retrospective analysis of twenty-one patients (age 64-88 years) with a clinical diagnosis of "normal pressure hydrocephalus" who underwent cortical biopsy at the time of intracranial pressure monitoring or shunt insertion, and eight patients who were biopsied but not shunted. Eleven br...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100021442