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Ventriculo-Lumbar Perfusion in Adult Communicating Hydrocephalus

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Intracranial Pressure III

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The recognition of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) as a treatable form of dementia (2, 5) was followed by an early period of enthusiasm; but afterward, disappointing results of surgical therapy in some cases (3) and shunt-related complications (18) were more and more frequently reported. For these reasons, re-evaluation of the diagnostic criteria (13) is needed and new criteria (7, 8, 11, 17) are proposed.

This work was supported by Fonds National Belge de la Recherche Scientifique.

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  1. Kliniek voor Neuro-Chirurgie, Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Oostersingel 59, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Johannes W. F. Beks  & D. Andries Bosch  & 

  2. MHH Neurochirurgische Klinik, Postfach 180, D-3000, Hannover-Kleefeld, Federal Republic of Germany

    Mario Brock

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Stevenaert, A., Godin, D., Depresseux, J.C. (1976). Ventriculo-Lumbar Perfusion in Adult Communicating Hydrocephalus. In: Beks, J.W.F., Bosch, D.A., Brock, M. (eds) Intracranial Pressure III. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66508-0_32

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