As Trish Bogucki walked from her office to her car, she often felt unsteady, tripping and stumbling. She expected it: She had a bunion and a hammer toe that probably needed surgical repair. Finally, ...
Could you address the issues that come with the diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus? My 82-year-old husband was diagnosed with NPH after experiencing a slow decline in walking and some ...
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is one of the few reversible causes of dementia in older adults and accounts for approximately 6% of all dementias. The cardinal sign of NPH is a hypokinetic gait ...
Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2006;2(7):375-381. Disclosure: In the 12 months prior to the submission of this manuscript (March 2006), MA Williams and D Rigamonti received financial support for hydrocephalus ...
Insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is ubiquitously expressed growth factor that has profound effects on the survival, growth and differentiation of many cell types and tissues, including cells of ...
PARENTS of an infant with internal hydrocephalus are interested, whether or not they are aware of it or admit it to themselves, not in survival of their child but in a chance for normal development.