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Sensitivity and predictive value of occupational and physical therapy assessments in the functional evaluation of patients with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus.

29 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVE: To examine effectiveness of standardized occupational therapy and physical therapy assessments in detecting functional changes and predicting clinical improvement in patients with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus undergoing ... Read more...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus: diagnosis and treatment.

30 Aug 2008 Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a syndrome of gait dysfunction and enlarged cerebral ventricles in the absence of another cause. It is frequently accompanied by frontal and subcortical cognitive deficits and bladder detrusor overactivity. ... Read more...

Assessment of beta-amyloid in a frontal cortical brain biopsy specimen and by positron emission tomography with carbon 11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B.

9 Aug 2008 OBJECTIVE: To compare carbon 11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B ([11C]PiB) positron emission tomography (PET) findings in patients with and without Alzheimer disease lesions in frontal cortical biopsy specimens. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of ... Read more...

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• Sensitivity and predictive value of occupational and physical therapy assessments in the functional evaluation of patients with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus. 29 Sep 2008
• Normal pressure hydrocephalus: diagnosis and treatment. 30 Aug 2008
• Normal pressure hydrocephalus presenting as Othello syndrome: case presentation and review of the literature. 30 Aug 2008
• Assessment of beta-amyloid in a frontal cortical brain biopsy specimen and by positron emission tomography with carbon 11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B. 9 Aug 2008
• Retrograde jugular flow associated with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. 30 Jul 2008
• [Cognitive impairment in normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). A proposal for clinical evaluation protocol] 30 Jul 2008
• Evaluation of autonomic malfunction in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. 21 Jul 2008
• Predicting the outcome of shunt surgery in normal pressure hydrocephalus. 19 Jul 2008
• What we gain by measuring head circumference. 29 Jun 2008
• Biomechanical modelling of normal pressure hydrocephalus. 2 Jun 2008
• The Miethke dual switch valve: experience in 169 adult patients with different kinds of hydrocephalus: an open field study. 30 May 2008
• Lost to follow-up. 25 May 2008
• [Morphological magnetic resonance imaging: its value for the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases] 29 Apr 2008
• Prevalence of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus in the elderly population of a Japanese rural community. 29 Apr 2008
• Apparent diffusion coefficient and cerebrospinal fluid flow measurements in patients with hydrocephalus. 29 Apr 2008
• Quantitative analysis of transthyretin, tau and amyloid-beta in patients with dementia. 29 Apr 2008
• Brain metabolism in adult chronic hydrocephalus. 12 Apr 2008
• Assessment of idiopathic normal pressure patients in neurological practice: the role of lumbar infusion testing for referral of patients to neurosurgery. 7 Apr 2008
• Features of gait most responsive to tap test in normal pressure hydrocephalus. 19 Mar 2008
• Normal pressure hydrocephalus: long-term outcome after shunt surgery. 18 Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure'

Definition: A form of compensated hydrocephalus characterized clinically by a slowly progressive gait disorder (see GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC), progressive intellectual decline, and URINARY INCONTINENCE. Spinal fluid pressure tends to be in the high normal range. This condition may result from processes which interfere with the absorption of CSF including SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, chronic MENINGITIS, and other conditions. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp631-3)

Descriptor UI: D006850

Alternative terms: Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure; NPH (Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus); NPHs (Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus); Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus; Hakim Syndrome; Hakim Syndromes; Syndrome, Hakim; Syndromes, Hakim; Hakim's Syndrome; Hakim's Syndromes; Hakims Syndrome; Syndrome, Hakim's; Syndromes, Hakim's;

Allowable Qualifiers: psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control;

Tree Number: C10.228.140.602.559;

History Note: 1991(1971)