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The differential diagnosis of communicating hydrocephalus remains uncertain. The development of effective shunt systems for the treatment of hydrocephalus [1, 2] and the enthusiastic report of Adams et al. [3] led to an increase in the number of referrals of these potentially surgically suitable patients to neurosurgical services. Our own experience with shunt systems in low pressure hydrocephalus [4] were not altogether happy, however, the complication rate of the procedure in such patients being so appreciable that a further attempt to fractionate communicating hydrocephalus from atrophy seemed vital.
This work was supported by the Medical Research Council.
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Symon, L., Dorsch, N.W.C., Stephens, R.J. (1972). Long Term Measurement of Extradural Pressure in “Low Pressure” Hydrocephalus. In: Brock, M., Dietz, H. (eds) Intracranial Pressure. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65486-2_48
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