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Improvement in the long-term care burden after surgical treatment of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a supplementary study

Scientific Reports, 2021
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a surgically treatable syndrome commonly observed in older adults. However, it is unclear whether clinical improvements after surgery can effectively reduce the long-term care burden (LTCB).
Masatsune Ishikawa, Shigeki Yamada, Masakazu Miyajima, Hiroaki Kazui, Etsuro Mori   +4 more
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Normal pressure hydrocephalus: an update

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2022
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) has been a topic of debate since its introduction in publications. More frequent in the elderly population, it is characterized by gait disturbance, urinary urge incontinence and cognitive decline.
Carlos Eduardo Borges Passos-Neto, Cesar Castello Branco Lopes, Mauricio Silva Teixeira, Adalberto Studart Neto, Raphael Ribeiro Spera   +4 more
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Fluid Distribution Pattern in Adult-Onset Congenital, Idiopathic, and Secondary Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus: Implications for Clinical Care

Frontiers in Neurology, 2017
ObjectiveIn spite of growing evidence of idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a viewpoint about clinical care for idiopathic NPH is still controversial.
Shigeki Yamada, Masatsune Ishikawa, Kazuo Yamamoto   +2 more
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New experimental model of acute aqueductal blockage in cats: effects on cerebrospinal fluid pressure and the size of brain ventricles [PDF]

, 2009
It is generally assumed that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is secreted in the brain ventricles, and so after an acute blockage of the aqueduct of Sylvius an increase in the ventricular CSF pressure and dilation of isolated ventricles may be expected. We have
Božić, Borka, Bulat, Marin, Butković, Vjera, Klarica, Marijan, Orešković, Darko, Vukić, Miroslav   +5 more
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Normal pressure hydrocephalus: Diagnostic delay

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2020
Introduction: Normotensive hydrocephalus is a differential diagnosis in the evaluation of the dementia syndrome. The diagnostic protocols would allow detecting this pathology that has more effective treatment than other dementias.
Alejandra Saldarriaga-Cantillo, Viviana Yepes-Gaviria, Juan Carlos Rivas   +2 more
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Mania Related to Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2021
Normal-pressure-hydrocephalus (NPH) may present with psychiatric disorders besides the classical clinic symptoms consisting of dementia, imbalance and incontinence.
Bahadir Demir, Seren Turkmen Mercan, Sengul Sahin, Irem Surme Kilic, Gulcin Elboga, Abdurrahman Altindag   +5 more
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NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS: LITERATURE REVIEW

Arta Medica, 2020
Objectives. Normal pressure hydrocephalus is a potentially reversible disease, characterized by a pathological enlargement of the cerebral ventricles, with a normal opening pressure during the lumbar puncture.
Paula Fala, Victor Andronachi, Mihail Gavriliuc, Pavel Gavriliuc, Alexandru Andrușca, Olga Gavriliuc   +5 more
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Characterization of lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus [PDF]

, 2017
AIMS: The purpose of this study was to evaluate lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). METHODS: Patients with new-onset iNPH were prospectively evaluated for LUTS via detailed history and physical, and ...
Ahlberg, Berardelli, Bergsneider, Black, Campos-Juanatey, Carreiro-Martins, Hajian-Tilaki, Hakim, Jaraj, John, Jonas, Kazui, Khan, Lee, Maral, Marmarou, Marmarou, Meier, Mitteness, Pinto, Reddy, Relkin, Sakakibara, Sakakibara, Toma, Tsakanikas   +25 more
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Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and genetic factors associated with normal pressure hydrocephalus and Alzheimer’s disease: a narrative review

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics, 2022
Background Normal pressure hydrocephalus is a neurologic disease leading to enlargement of ventricles which is presented with gait and balance disturbance, cognitive decline, and urinary incontinence.
Fatemeh Afrashteh, Roya Ghafoury, Mostafa Almasi-Doghaee   +2 more
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Murine MPDZ-linked hydrocephalus is caused by hyperpermeability of the choroid plexus. [PDF]

, 2019
Though congenital hydrocephalus is heritable, it has been linked only to eight genes, one of which is MPDZ Humans and mice that carry a truncated version of MPDZ incur severe hydrocephalus resulting in acute morbidity and lethality.
Byrne, Matthew D., Horowitz, Arie, Ishikawa, Hiroshi, Kilker, Robert, Londin, Eric, Nichtova, Zuzana, Oakley, Laura, Pardeep-Kumar, Fnu, Pickup, Stephen, Saugier-Veber, Pascale, Schroten, Horst, Simonneau, Claire, Smeyne, Richard, Stefanescu, Ioana, Thakur, Mathew, Tripathi, Sushil, Willard, Belinda, Yang, Junning   +17 more
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