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  • Title: Shunt-responsive dementing illness in a Nigerian--a case report.
    Author: Komolafe EO, Malomo AO, Ogunniyi A, Shokunbi MT, Odebode TO, Adeolu AA.
    Journal: West Afr J Med; 2003 Jun; 22(2):197-8. PubMed ID: 14529237.
    Abstract:
    Dementia is a growing medico-social problem worldwide because of the rising population of the elderly. About 10-30% of the cases have been found to be treatable or reversible with the improvement in neuro-diagnostic and neuro-imaging techniques. These reversible cases should be diagnosed without over-investigating the many patients with irreversible disease. We present a case of a reversible dementia due to Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus with dramatic surgical therapeutic response.
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