Lumbar-peritoneal shunt for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and secondary normal pressure hydrocephalus

Objectives: Normal-pressure hydrocephalus is a clinical syndrome consisting of dilated cerebral ventricles with the clinical triad of gait disturbance, cognitive impairment and/or urinary dysfunction. Lumbar-peritoneal (LP) shunt could improve idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) while it...

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Main Authors: Chia-Lin Liao, Pao-Hui Tseng, Hsin-Yi Huang, Tsung-Lang Chiu, Shinn-Zong Lin, Sheng-Tzung Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Tzu-Chi Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.tcmjmed.com/article.asp?issn=1016-3190;year=2022;volume=34;issue=3;spage=323;epage=328;aulast=