TY - JOUR
T1 - Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus in Rheumatic Patients
T2 - A Diagnostic Pitfall
AU - Rasker, Johannes J.
AU - Jansen, Ernst N.H.
AU - Haan, Joost
AU - Oostrom, Jan
PY - 1985/5/9
Y1 - 1985/5/9
N2 - In our rheumatologic clinics the diagnosis of idiopathic “normal”-pressure hydrocephalus has been made in six patients during the past three years. This disorder is characterized by the triad of gait disturbance, urinary incontinence, and dementia, all variable in severity.1 2 3 Since this diagnosis had not been made previously in our department of rheumatology, we assume that it has hitherto been overlooked. The mean period between the development of the first symptoms of normal-pressure hydrocephalus in our patients and the time when the disorder was diagnosed was 3.3 years; symptoms and signs were at first ascribed to arthritis and age.
AB - In our rheumatologic clinics the diagnosis of idiopathic “normal”-pressure hydrocephalus has been made in six patients during the past three years. This disorder is characterized by the triad of gait disturbance, urinary incontinence, and dementia, all variable in severity.1 2 3 Since this diagnosis had not been made previously in our department of rheumatology, we assume that it has hitherto been overlooked. The mean period between the development of the first symptoms of normal-pressure hydrocephalus in our patients and the time when the disorder was diagnosed was 3.3 years; symptoms and signs were at first ascribed to arthritis and age.
KW - NLA
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198505093121907
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198505093121907
M3 - Article
C2 - 3990715
AN - SCOPUS:0022262445
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 312
SP - 1239
EP - 1241
JO - New England journal of medicine
JF - New England journal of medicine
IS - 19
ER -