Neurogenic bladder in normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Five patients wíth normál pressure hydrocephalus who had urinary incontinence were found to have neurogenic bladders by cystometry. The bladder disturbance in this disorder whould be considered the result of a specific defect of brain function and not just and artifact of gait disturbance or of dementia.
D000368:Aged; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology; D003558:Cystoscopy; D004231:Diuresis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications*; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011011:Pneumoencephalography; D012711:Serum Albumin, Radio-Iodinated; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000503:physiopathology; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
D012711:Serum Albumin, Radio-Iodinated