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Association of ApoE genotype with clinical features and outcome in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH): a preliminary report.
Acta neurochirurgica - 1 Nov 2009
Gudmundsson Gardar, Kristjansdottir Gudlaug, Cook Elizabeth, Olafsson Isleifur
Abstract excerpt
Fifteen patients suspected of having iNPH were clinically evaluated and their ApoE genotype determined prior to a possible ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion. All patients fulfilling our criteria for intervention and who had a shunt implanted with good results were homozygous for the ApoE3/3 genotype.
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