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Normal pressure hydrocepkalus

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Report on a series of 30 patients with the syndrom of normal pressure hydrocephalus which have been treated by ventriculo-atrial CSF shunt. The diagnostic findings and operative results have been analysed and discussed. Patients with a history of head trauma, subarachnoid bleeding or intracranial surgery seem to have a better prognosis than cases without such aetiological factors or atypical clinical syndrom.

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Guidetti, B., Gagliardi, F.M. Normal pressure hydrocepkalus. Acta neurochir 27, 1–9 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01402167

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