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Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría
versão impressa ISSN 0034-7450
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ESPAILLAT, RICARDO e GAVIRIA, MOISÉS. NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS A REVERSIBLE DEMENTIA. rev.colomb.psiquiatr. [online]. 2000, vol.29, n.2, pp.155-162. ISSN 0034-7450.
Normal pressure hydrocephalus is an obstructive but communicating hidrocephalus, with reversible dementia. Its prevalence fluctuates between 1 and 6% of all dementias, about 0.41% in people older than 65 years. Most cases have idiopathic ethiology; other causes include subarachnoid hemorahage, cranioencephalic trauma and neoplastic and inflamatory diseases. Classic symptomalic trial: motor disturbance, dementia and incontinence. Diagnosis is based on clinics, scanographic imaging and magnetic nuclear resonance. Surgical treatment (deprivation) and predisposing factors of good response are describer.
Palavras-chave : Hydrocephalus; Normal Pressure; Dementia.