Symptomatic Hydrocephalus with Normal Cerebrospinal Pressure and Alzheimer's Disease

John J Halperin^{1

2}, Alvaro Pascual-Leone^{3

4}, Clifford B Saper⁵

Affiliations

¹ Overlook Medical Center, Department of Neurosciences, Summit, NJ.
² Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
³ Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research and Center for Memory Health, Hebrew SeniorLife, and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁴ Guttmann Brain Health Institute, Institut Guttmann de Neurorehabilitació, Universitat Autónoma, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

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John J Halperin et al. Ann Neurol. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;88(4):685-687.

doi: 10.1002/ana.25871. Epub 2020 Aug 31.

John J Halperin^{1

2}, Alvaro Pascual-Leone^{3

4}, Clifford B Saper⁵

¹ Overlook Medical Center, Department of Neurosciences, Summit, NJ.
² Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
³ Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research and Center for Memory Health, Hebrew SeniorLife, and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
⁴ Guttmann Brain Health Institute, Institut Guttmann de Neurorehabilitació, Universitat Autónoma, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Associated with Alzheimer's Disease.
Müller-Schmitz K, Krasavina-Loka N, Yardimci T, Lipka T, Kolman AGJ, Robbers S, Menge T, Kujovic M, Seitz RJ. Müller-Schmitz K, et al. Ann Neurol. 2020 Oct;88(4):703-711. doi: 10.1002/ana.25847. Epub 2020 Aug 5. Ann Neurol. 2020. PMID: 32662116

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