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Miscellaneous Forms of Dementia

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The term normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) was coined by adams et al. (1965), following earlier observations in patients by Foltz and Ward (1965) and McHugh (1964), to describe a condition of hydrocephalus with a clinical triad of symptoms (mental deterioration, gait instability and urinary incontinence) and normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure. The syndrome attracts significant attention since it is one of the few potentially treatable dementias, even though treatable NPH is very rare, with an estimated incidence of 2.2 per million per year (Vanneste 1992).

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  1. MRI Center, ‘Vrije Universiteit’ Medical Center, Watertuin 11, 348 GA, Wilnis, The Netherlands

    Jaap Valk MD, PhD (Professor of Neuroradiology)

  2. MRI Center, ‘Vrije Universiteit’ Medical Center, De Boelelaan 117, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Frederik Barkhof MD, PhD (Neuroradiologist)

  3. Department of Neurology, ‘Vrije Universiteit’ Medical Center, De Boelelaan 117, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Philip Scheltens MD, PhD (Professor of Cognitive Neurology)

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Valk, J., Barkhof, F., Scheltens, P. (2002). Miscellaneous Forms of Dementia. In: Magnetic Resonance in Dementia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56269-3_7

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