What NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS means: Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus - (NPH) is an abnormal increase of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain's ventricles, or cavities. It occurs if the normal flow of CSF throughout the brain and spinal cord is blocked in some way. This causes the ventricles to enlarge, putting pressure on the brain.
- Definition Neuromyelitis Optica Or Devic'S Disease:
- Dictionary Optica or Devic's disease - an autoimmune, inflammatory disorder in which a person's own immune system attacks the optic nerves and spinal cord. This produces an inflammation of the optic normal pressure hydrocephalus definition.
- Definition Nevus Cavernosus - Or Cavernous Angioma:
- Dictionary Nevus Cavernosus - or cavernous angioma, vascular malformation composed of sinusoidal vessels without a large feeding artery; can be multiple, especially if inherited as an autosomal-dominant trait normal pressure hydrocephalus explain.
- Definition Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis:
- Dictionary Lipofuscinosis - (NCL, also known as Batten Disease) is the general name for a family of at least eight genetically separate neurodegenerative disorders that result from excessive accumlation of normal pressure hydrocephalus what is.
- Definition Neuroacanthocytosis:
- Dictionary a rare movement disorder marked by progressive muscle weakness and atrophy, progressive cognitive loss, chorea (involuntary twisting movements of the body), and acanthocytosis (spiked red blood normal pressure hydrocephalus meaning.
