Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: From Diagnosis to Treatment

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a damaging and often misdiagnosed neurological disease, and this reference provides concise information to help understand the disease and how its treated. The book explains the symptoms of NPH, how NPH develops, medical tests performed to diagnose the condition, treatment options, and care after surgery. Its estimated that nearly 400,000 Americans have NPH, but only about 11,000 have been properly diagnosed and treated: this guide for sufferers and their families will help return patients to their normal lives.

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Adam S. Mednick, MD, PhD, is a neurologist at Yale-New Haven Hospital and at Hospital of St. Raphael. He is the recipient of the Compassionate Doctor Award and is the author of The Area Centralis of the Goldfish Retina. His work has also been featured in Brain Research and the Journal of Comparative Neurology. He lives in North Haven, Connecticut.