Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH): clinical features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on normal pressure hydrocephalus (nph): clinical features: Onset features NPH starts in adulthood: after age of 40 years It usually starts in the sixth to eighth decades Diagnostic (Hakim) triad Cognitive features Gait disturbance: types Gait features Posture…

Onset features

  • NPH starts in adulthood: after age of 40 years
  • It usually starts in the sixth to eighth decades

Diagnostic (Hakim) triad

Cognitive features

Gait disturbance: types

Gait features

Posture features

Urinary features

Associated features

Neuropsychiatric features

Other associated features

References

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