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Segmental Copy Number Loss of SFMBT1 Gene in Elderly Individuals with Ventriculomegaly: A Community-Based Study
1 Jan 2011
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OBJECTIVE: Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is clinically important as a treatable gait disturbance or preventable dementia by shunt operation. We have recently reported that approximately 1.5% of the elderly living in a Japanese community showed ventriculomegaly with features of iNPH on MRI (VIM), which may represent a preclinical stage of iNPH. The purpose of the present study was to identify a...
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