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B-Waves and Periventricular Lucency (PVL) in Intermittently Normotensive Hydrocephalus

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Computerized Tomography Brain Metabolism Spinal Injuries

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Abstract

Since its description by ADAMS et al. in 1965 (1) Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) has been considered the cause of a syndrome consisting of: dementia, gait disturbances, and urinary incontinence as a rule in the elderly. Its successful treatment by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage can often lead to curves. Various designations were proposed for this syndrome: symptomatic hydrocephalus (1), surgically treatable dementia (26), intermittent pressure hydrocephalus (7), episodically raised pressure hydrocephalus (26), and intermittently normotensive hydrocephalus (5). These difficulties in nomenclature arise from the poor understanding of the pathophysiology of this kind of ventricular enlargement (VE).

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  1. Neurochirurgische Abteilung, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Calwer Straße 7, D-74000, Tübingen, Germany

    W. Driesen

  2. Abteilung für Neurochirurgie, Neurochirurgische/Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-1000, Berlin 45, Germany

    M. Brock

  3. Neurochirurgische Klinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6 (Kopfklinikum), D-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    M. Klinger

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Schmitz, HJ., Brock, M., Bradac, G.B. (1982). B-Waves and Periventricular Lucency (PVL) in Intermittently Normotensive Hydrocephalus. In: Driesen, W., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Computerized Tomography Brain Metabolism Spinal Injuries. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68310-7_26

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