The value of the cerebrospinal fluid tap test for predicting shunt effectiveness in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

BACKGROUND: The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tap test (TT) has been regarded as an important test for the prediction of shunt effectiveness in patients with suspected idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). Although its specificity and sensitivity are reportedly high, there remains some disagr...

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Autores principales: Ishikawa, Masatsune, Hashimoto, Masaaki, Mori, Etsuro, Kuwana, Nobumasa, Kazui, Hiroaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3293050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22239832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2045-8118-9-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3293050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22239832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2045-8118-9-1

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