ArticleNeurology. Clinical practice2022
CSF Biomarkers Predict Gait Outcomes in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.
Article in Neurology. Clinical practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05915000 (Alterations of CSF Protein Markers as Prognostic Indicator of the Response to Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting in Chronic Hydrocephalus in Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Alterations of CSF Protein Markers as Prognostic Indicator of the Response to Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting in Chronic Hydrocephalus in Adults
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between p-tau181 in cerebrospinal fluid and shunt response in patients with normal-pressure hydrocephalus.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Serum neurofilament light chain in hydrocephalus and surgical controls: baseline comparison and 24-hour perioperative dynamics under general anesthesia.Neurosurgical review · 2026Observational
- Speed of clinical response to external lumbar drainage as a predictor of outcome of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in normal pressure hydrocephalus: A prospective cohort study.Surgical neurology international · 2026Article
- Implications of the glymphatic system in the diagnostic and surgical workup of normal pressure hydrocephalus.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Article
- Neurocognitive effects of CSF biomarkers in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients undergoing VP shunt placement.Neurosurgical review · 2025Article
- Research priorities for non-invasive therapies to improve hydrocephalus outcomes.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2025Review
- Molecular signatures of normal pressure hydrocephalus: a large-scale proteomic analysis of cerebrospinal fluid.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2024Article
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in iNPH: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Differential diagnosis of non-hydrocephalus ventricular dilation and hydrocephalus.Frontiers in neurologyReview
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Abstract
Background and Objectives: The assessment of biomarkers in selecting patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) for shunt surgery has been limited to small cohort studies and those with limited follow-up. We assessed the potential for CSF biomarkers in predicting immediate response to CSF tap test (TT) and long-term response after shunt surgery. Methods: CSF was obtained from patients with iNPH referred for CSF TT after baseline assessment of cognition and gait. CSF neurofilament light (NfL), β-amyloid 42 (Aβ Results: Lower NfL, pTau181, tTau, and Aβ Discussion: A combination of CSF biomarkers can predict improvement following shunt surgery for iNPH. However, these measures only modestly discriminate responders from nonresponders following CSF TT. The findings further suggest that abnormal CSF biomarkers in nonresponders may represent comorbid neurodegenerative pathology or a predegenerative phase that presents with an iNPH phenotype.
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