Clinical Trial: Role of Brain Specific Biomarkers in Hydrocephalus
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Role of Brain Specific Biomarkers in Hydrocephalus
Brief Summary:
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a neurodegenerative disease of unclear etiology characterized by a clinical trias named after the neurosurgeon Hakim.It includes cognitive impairment (dementia), gait disturbance, and urinary incontinence.These symptoms, which frequently occur in the elderly population, often overlap with the symptoms of "other" neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer's disease and other (pre)senile dementias.To distinguishing NPH from "other" dementias is…
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