Shunt Intervention for Possible Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Improves Patient Outcomes: A Nationwide Hospital-Based Survey in Japan

Shunt Intervention for Possible Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Improves Patient Outcomes: A Nationwide Hospital-Based Survey in Japan

Background and Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of cerebrospinal fluid shunt intervention for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) using data from a nationwide epidemiological survey in Japan.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from a nationwide e...

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Main Authors: Madoka Nakajima, Masakazu Miyajima, Ikuko Ogino, Chihiro Akiba, Kaito Kawamura, Michiko Kurosawa, Nagato Kuriyama, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Wakaba Fukushima, Etsuro Mori, Takeo Kato, Hidenori Sugano, Kostadin Karagiozov, Hajime Arai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Alzheimer's disease
cerebrospinal fluid shunt
normal pressure hydrocephalus
prognosis
epidemiological survey
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00421/full

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