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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus — High Pressure Normocephalus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Hart Schutz ,
J.F.R. Fleming ,
R.P. Humphreys ,
J.H.N. Deck  and
William S. Keith
Hart Schutz*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Toronto Western Hospital and the Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
J.F.R. Fleming
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Toronto Western Hospital and the Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
R.P. Humphreys
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Toronto Western Hospital and the Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
J.H.N. Deck
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Toronto Western Hospital and the Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
William S. Keith
Affiliation:
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Toronto Western Hospital and the Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
*
25 Leonard Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2R2
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The case history to be presented spans most of the lifetime of a young lady who is now twenty-two years old, and it reflects the stages of development of our knowledge of several important neurosurgical concepts.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , August 1980 , pp. 211 - 219
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1980

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