Editorial

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus and Polyneuropathy

Authors: Magnus Tisell, MD, PHD

Abstract

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) is a treatable form of dementia and therefore important. It was described by Hakim and coworkers in 1965 as a clinical syndrome occurring in patients with idiopathic or “occult” hydrocephalus with normal IC pressure (ICP) who could benefit from shunt surgery. NPH is characterized by the clinical triad of gait and balance disturbance, mental deterioration and urinary incontinence. Previously, hydrocephalus had been strongly associated with increased ICP and symptoms such as headache, papillary edema and impaired wakefulness.

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