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Can NPH be caused by cerebral small vessel disease?

A new look based on a mathematical model

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32 000, Haifa, Israel

    S. Sorek

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32 000, Haifa, Israel

    M. Feinsod

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 32 000, Haifa, Israel

    J. Bear

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Sorek, S., Feinsod, M. & Bear, J. Can NPH be caused by cerebral small vessel disease?. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 26, 310–313 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02447086

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