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Exploring mechanisms of ventricular enlargement in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a role of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and motile cilia

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2021
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is considered an age-dependent chronic communicating hydrocephalus associated with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) malabsorption; however, the aetiology of ventricular enlargement in iNPH has not yet been ...
Shigeki Yamada, Masatsune Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Nozaki   +2 more
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Ten Steps for NPH Management: Advancements in Diagnosis and Treatment of Adult Hydrocephalus

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2023
Objectives The authors of the present study intend to describe a straightforward protocol for normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnosis and management, with the employment of a multidisciplinary team approach effort.
Alex Roman, Prince Takkar, Tanmoy Maiti
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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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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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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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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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Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

New England Journal of Medicine
Margetis K, Das JM, Biagioni MC.
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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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Idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2019
Although the complete triad is not seen in all cases, idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus is characterized by gait dysfunction, cognitive impairment and urinary incontinence. These symptoms, however, are frequently encountered in older adults without the condition.[1][1] The onset of ...
Tina, Hu, Yuna, Lee
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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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