Cerebrospinal fluid amyloid beta and response of cognition to a tap test in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: a case-control study.
Hideki KanemotoEtsuro MoriToshihisa TanakaTakashi SuehiroKenji YoshiyamaYukiko SuzukiKyosuke KakedaTamiki WadaKoichi HosomiHaruhiko KishimaHiroaki KazuiMamoru HashimotoManabu IkedaPublished in: International psychogeriatrics (2021)
A low CSF Aβ42/40 ratio is associated with a poorer cognitive response, but not gait and urinary response, to a tap test in iNPH. Even if CSF biomarkers suggest AD comorbidity, treatment with iNPH may be effective for gait and urinary dysfunction.