The "reversible" dementia of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Unstable gait, urinary incontinence, confusion. Most health care practitioners, including consultant pharmacists, immediately associate these problems with the signs and symptoms of vascular or Alzheimer's dementia. But, there also exists a small population of patients for whom these signs and symptoms are related to another-often curable-problem: idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH).
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Caren McHenry
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D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006850:Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology