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Familial idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus




TekijätHuovinen J, Kastinen S, Komulainen S, Oinas M, Avellan C, Frantzen J, Rinne J, Ronkainen A, Kauppinen M, Lonnrot K, Perola M, Pyykko OT, Koivisto AM, Remes AM, Soininen H, Hiltunen M, Helisalmi S, Kurki M, Jaaskelainen JE, Leinonen V

KustantajaELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Julkaisuvuosi2016

JournalJournal of the Neurological Sciences

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiJOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Lehden akronyymiJ NEUROL SCI

Vuosikerta368

Aloitussivu11

Lopetussivu18

Sivujen määrä8

ISSN0022-510X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2016.06.052


Tiivistelmä
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a late-onset surgically alleviated, progressive disease. We characterize a potential familial subgroup of iNPH in a nation-wide Finnish cohort of 375 shunt-operated iNPH-patients. The patients were questionnaired and phone-interviewed, whether they have relatives with either diagnosed iNPH or disease-related symptomatology. Then pedigrees of all families with more than one iNPH-case were drawn. Eighteen patients (4.8%) from 12 separate pedigrees had at least one shunt-operated relative whereas 42 patients (11%) had relatives with two or more triad symptoms. According to multivariate logistic regression analysis, familial iNPH-patients had up to 3-fold risk of clinical dementia compared to sporadic iNPH patients. This risk was independent from diagnosed Alzheimer's disease and APOE epsilon 4 genotype.This study describes a familial entity of iNPH offering a novel approach to discover the potential genetic characteristics of iNPH. Discovered pedigrees offer an intriguing opportunity to conduct longitudinal studies targeting potential preclinical signs of iNPH. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.



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