A male patient with pseudobulbar affect caused by post-traumatic normal pressure hydrocephalus successfully managed with ventriculoperitoneal shunt
Background and importance: Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is characterized by sudden, uncontrollable laughing, crying, or both in the absence of an appropriate triggering stimuli. Usually due to an underlying neurological condition, PBA has been reported less commonly in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and...
Main Authors: | Michael J. Gigliotti, Pardis Pooshpas, Neel Patel, Elias B. Rizk |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-03-01
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Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751920304771 |
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