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Familial Occurrence of Idiopathic Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus

Familial Occurrence of Idiopathic Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus Abstract • Shunt-responsive normal-pressure hydrocephalus developed in a 67-year-old man and in his 74-year-old sister. To our knowledge, a familial association in this disorder has not been reported previously. References 1. Ojemann RG: Normal pressure hydrocephalus , in Wilson C, Hoff J (ed): Current Surgical Management of Neurological Disease . New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1980, pp 307-313. 2. Katzman R, Terry RD, Bick KL (ed): Senile Dementia and Related Disorders . New York, Raven Press, 1978, vol 7: Aging, pp 115-123. 3. Adams RD, Fisher CM, Hakim S, et al: Symptomatic occult hydrocephalus with 'normal' cerebrospinal fluid pressure: A treatable syndrome . N Engl J Med 1965;273:117-126.Crossref 4. Bessart B, Wannamaker B: Reappraisal of the adult occult hydrocephalus syndrome . Neurology 1974;24:244-251. 5. Ojemann RG: Normal pressure hydrocephalus . Clin Neurosurg 1972;18:337-370. 6. Gustafson L, Hagberg B: Recovery in hydrocephalus dementia after shunt operation . J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1978;41:940-947.Crossref 7. Murphy MJ, Lyon LW, Carlstrom TA, et al: Normal pressure hydrocephalus due to membraneous obstruction of the sylvian aqueduct . Neurology 1978;28:835-837.Crossref 8. Pederson KK, Sorensen DS, Ankerhus J, et al: Syphilitic normal pressure hydrocephalus . Acta Neurochir 1979;48:35-39.Crossref 9. Keresci S, Soria E, Schlagenhauff RE: Normal pressure hydrocephalus associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome . NY State J Med 1981; 81:1361-1363. 10. Galvez S, Ferrer S, Cartier L, et al: Subacute spongioform encephalopathy (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) associated with normal pressure hydrocephalus: Anatomoclinical report of one case . Acta Neurochir 1980;51:227-232.Crossref 11. O'Neill B, Butler AB, Young E, et al: Adultonset GM2 gangliosidosis: Seizures, dementia and normal pressure hydrocephalus associated with glycolipid storage in the brain and arachnoid granulation . Neurology 1978;28:1117-1123.Crossref 12. Stein SC, Langfitt TW: Normal pressure hydrocephalus: Predicting the results of cerebrospinal fluid shunting . J Neurosurg 1974;41:463-470.Crossref 13. Coblentz JM, Mattis SM, Zingesser LH, et al: Presenile dementia: Clinical aspects and evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics . Arch Neurol 1973;29:299-308.Crossref 14. Shukla D, Singh BM, Strobos RJ: Hypertensive cerebrovascular disease and normal pressure hydrocephalus . Neurology 1980;30:998-1000.Crossref 15. Ernest MP, Fahn S, Karp JH, et al: Normal pressure hydrocephalus and hypertensive cerebrovascular disease . Arch Neurol 1974;31:262-266.Crossref 16. Messert B, Baker NH: Syndrome of progressive spastic ataxia and apraxia associated with occult hydrocephalus . Neurology 1966; 16:440-451.Crossref 17. Heinz ER, Davis DO, Karp HR: Abnormal isotope cisternography in symptomatic hydrocephalus . Radiology 1970;95:107-120.Crossref 18. DiRocco C, Ditrapan G, Maira G, et al: Anatomic clinical correlation in normotensive hydrocephalus: Report of three cases . J Neurol Sci 1977;33:437-452.Crossref 19. Jellinger K: Neuropathological aspects of dementia resulting from abnormal blood and cerebrospinal fluid dynamics . Acta Neurol Belg 1976;76:83-102. 20. Deland FH, James AE, Ladd DJ, et al: Normal pressure hydrocephalus: A histologic study . Am J Clin Pathol 1972;58:58-63. 21. McHugh PR: Occult hydrocephalus . Q J Med 1964;33:297-308. 22. Katzman R, Karasu TB: Differential diagnosis of dementia , in Fields WS (ed): Neurologiccal and Sensory Disorders in the Elderly . Miami, Symposium Specialists, 1975, pp 103-134. 23. Shenkin HA, Greenberg J, Bouzarth WF, et al: Ventricular shunting for the relief of senile symptoms . JAMA 1973;225:1486-1489.Crossref 24. Dignan PS, Warkany J: Congenital malformations: Hydrocephaly , in Wortis J (ed): Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities: An Annual Review . New York, Brunner/Mazel Inc, 1974, vol 6, pp 44-83. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Neurology American Medical Association

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Abstract • Shunt-responsive normal-pressure hydrocephalus developed in a 67-year-old man and in his 74-year-old sister. To our knowledge, a familial association in this disorder has not been reported previously. References 1. Ojemann RG: Normal pressure hydrocephalus , in Wilson C, Hoff J (ed): Current Surgical Management of Neurological Disease . New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1980, pp 307-313. 2. Katzman R, Terry RD, Bick KL (ed): Senile Dementia and Related Disorders . New York, Raven Press, 1978, vol 7: Aging, pp 115-123. 3. Adams RD, Fisher CM, Hakim S, et al: Symptomatic occult hydrocephalus with 'normal' cerebrospinal fluid pressure: A treatable syndrome . N Engl J Med 1965;273:117-126.Crossref 4. Bessart B, Wannamaker B: Reappraisal of the adult occult hydrocephalus syndrome . Neurology 1974;24:244-251. 5. Ojemann RG: Normal pressure hydrocephalus . Clin Neurosurg 1972;18:337-370. 6. Gustafson L, Hagberg B: Recovery in hydrocephalus dementia after shunt operation . J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1978;41:940-947.Crossref 7. Murphy MJ, Lyon LW, Carlstrom TA, et al: Normal pressure hydrocephalus due to membraneous obstruction of the sylvian aqueduct . Neurology 1978;28:835-837.Crossref 8. Pederson KK, Sorensen DS, Ankerhus J, et al: Syphilitic normal pressure hydrocephalus . Acta Neurochir 1979;48:35-39.Crossref 9. Keresci S, Soria E, Schlagenhauff RE: Normal pressure hydrocephalus associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome . NY State J Med 1981; 81:1361-1363. 10. Galvez S, Ferrer S, Cartier L, et al: Subacute spongioform encephalopathy (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) associated with normal pressure hydrocephalus: Anatomoclinical report of one case . Acta Neurochir 1980;51:227-232.Crossref 11. O'Neill B, Butler AB, Young E, et al: Adultonset GM2 gangliosidosis: Seizures, dementia and normal pressure hydrocephalus associated with glycolipid storage in the brain and arachnoid granulation . Neurology 1978;28:1117-1123.Crossref 12. Stein SC, Langfitt TW: Normal pressure hydrocephalus: Predicting the results of cerebrospinal fluid shunting . J Neurosurg 1974;41:463-470.Crossref 13. Coblentz JM, Mattis SM, Zingesser LH, et al: Presenile dementia: Clinical aspects and evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics . Arch Neurol 1973;29:299-308.Crossref 14. Shukla D, Singh BM, Strobos RJ: Hypertensive cerebrovascular disease and normal pressure hydrocephalus . Neurology 1980;30:998-1000.Crossref 15. Ernest MP, Fahn S, Karp JH, et al: Normal pressure hydrocephalus and hypertensive cerebrovascular disease . Arch Neurol 1974;31:262-266.Crossref 16. Messert B, Baker NH: Syndrome of progressive spastic ataxia and apraxia associated with occult hydrocephalus . Neurology 1966; 16:440-451.Crossref 17. Heinz ER, Davis DO, Karp HR: Abnormal isotope cisternography in symptomatic hydrocephalus . Radiology 1970;95:107-120.Crossref 18. DiRocco C, Ditrapan G, Maira G, et al: Anatomic clinical correlation in normotensive hydrocephalus: Report of three cases . J Neurol Sci 1977;33:437-452.Crossref 19. Jellinger K: Neuropathological aspects of dementia resulting from abnormal blood and cerebrospinal fluid dynamics . Acta Neurol Belg 1976;76:83-102. 20. Deland FH, James AE, Ladd DJ, et al: Normal pressure hydrocephalus: A histologic study . Am J Clin Pathol 1972;58:58-63. 21. McHugh PR: Occult hydrocephalus . Q J Med 1964;33:297-308. 22. Katzman R, Karasu TB: Differential diagnosis of dementia , in Fields WS (ed): Neurologiccal and Sensory Disorders in the Elderly . Miami, Symposium Specialists, 1975, pp 103-134. 23. Shenkin HA, Greenberg J, Bouzarth WF, et al: Ventricular shunting for the relief of senile symptoms . JAMA 1973;225:1486-1489.Crossref 24. Dignan PS, Warkany J: Congenital malformations: Hydrocephaly , in Wortis J (ed): Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities: An Annual Review . New York, Brunner/Mazel Inc, 1974, vol 6, pp 44-83.

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