TY - JOUR AU - Nagata, Yuki AU - Hirayama, Akiyoshi AU - Ikeda, Satsuki AU - Shirahata, Aoi AU - Shoji, Futaba AU - Maruyama, Midori AU - Kayano, Mitsunori AU - Bundo, Masahiko AU - Hattori, Kotaro AU - Yoshida, Sumiko AU - Goto, Yu-ichi AU - Urakami, Katsuya AU - Soga, Tomoyoshi AU - Ozaki, Kouichi AU - Niida, Shumpei PY - 2018 DA - 2018/01/22 TI - Comparative analysis of cerebrospinal fluid metabolites in Alzheimer’s disease and idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in a Japanese cohort JO - Biomarker Research SP - 5 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a most common dementia in elderly people. Since AD symptoms resemble those of other neurodegenerative diseases, including idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), it is difficult to distinguish AD from iNPH for a precise and early diagnosis. iNPH is caused by the accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and involves gait disturbance, urinary incontinence, and dementia. iNPH is treatable with shunt operation which removes accumulated CSF from the brain ventricles. SN - 2050-7771 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40364-018-0119-x DO - 10.1186/s40364-018-0119-x ID - Nagata2018 ER -