Amyloid mis-metabolism in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) have reduced cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of amyloid-β (Aβ) and α- and β-cleaved soluble forms of amyloid precursor protein (sAPPα and sAPPβ).
Blennow, K +5 more
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Rodent models of senile normal-pressure hydrocephalus
Tzu Chi Medical Journal, 2023 Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and its drainage are crucial in clearing metabolic waste and maintaining the microenvironment of the central nervous system for proper functioning.
Li-Jin Chen +2 more
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The typical triad of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in a 62-year-old male: a case report
Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020 Normal pressure hydrocephalus is a rare pathological condition of the brain where the cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the ventricles thus enlarged, but with normal opening pressure on lumbar puncture.
Naela Bader Alamoudi +2 more
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Intracranial tuberculous mass lesions treated with thalidomide in an immunocompetent child from a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report [PDF]
, 2018 Rationale: Tuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Patient concern: We describe a case of an Italian child. Diagnoses: we diagnosed early a Tuberculous meningitis complicated by the occurrence of hydrocephalus, stroke, and ...
Ajassa, Camilla +8 more
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Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for normal pressure hydrocephalus
Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry, 2023 Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a potentially reversible disease characterized by gait disturbance, a frontal-subcortical pattern of cognitive impairment, and urinary incontinence with disproportionately enlarged ventricles.
Derya Kaya, Ahmet Turan Isik
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Surgical treatment of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (literature rewiew)
Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2019 Normal pressure hydrocephalus is a pathological condition characterized by ventricular expansion in combination with normal intracranial pressure and manifested by a specific triad of symptoms, including gait disorders, cognitive disorders and urinary ...
G. V. Gavrilov +3 more
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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus — High Pressure Normocephalus [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 1980 The case history to be presented spans most of the lifetime of a young lady who is now twenty-two years old, and it reflects the stages of development of our knowledge of several important neurosurgical concepts.
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A Mechanism for Ventricular Expansion in Communicating Hydrocephalus [PDF]
, 2009 This report investigates a new possible molecular mechanism for the pathogenesis of hydrocephalus. New research by Dr. Miles Johnston has found that the injection of anti beta_1 integrin antibodies into the ventricle of rats causes a drop in parenchymal ...
Begg, R., Wilkie, K.
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To determine the concentration of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma in Alexander disease (AxD) and whether GFAP levels are predictive of disease phenotypes. Methods CSF and plasma were collected (longitudinally when available) from AxD participants and non‐AxD controls.
Amy T. Waldman +9 more
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Distal subgaleal-peritoneal shunt migration into the abdominal wall with subsequent formation of a pre-peritoneal pseudocyst: a rare complication. [PDF]
, 2010 Distal ventriculo-peritoneal shunt migration and extra-peritoneal CSF pseudocyst formation are unusual complications of shunt placement. We present a 65-year-old-female who received a subgaleal-peritoneal shunt to decompress a post-surgical subgaleal ...
Carmel, Peter W +4 more
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