Normal pressure hydrocephalus: Diagnosis and treatment
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The differential diagnosis and treatment of normal-pressure hydrocephalus.
BACKGROUND Normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) arises in adulthood and is characterized by a typical combination of clinical and radiological findings. The mean basal intracranial pressure is normal or mildly elevated. The typical signs of the disease are gait impairment, urinary incontinence, and dementia. The difficulty of distinguishing NPH from other neurodegenerative disorders is the likel...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1528-4042,1534-6293
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-008-0058-2