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Hydrocephalus is a condition in which cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) builds up within and/or around the brain, which can cause pressure to increase in the skull. Symptoms may vary according to age. Headaches and double vision are common. Elderly adults with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) may have poor balance, difficulty controlling urination or mental…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Hydrocephalus | Causes | Neural tube defects, meningitis, brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, brain bleed during birth, intraventricular hemorrhage | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hydrocephalus | Diagnostic method | Based on symptoms and medical imaging | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hydrocephalus | Frequency | Varies throughout the world, from 1 per 256 live births to 1 per 9,000, depending on access to prenatal health care, prenatal tests, and abortion | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hydrocephalus | Other names | Water on the brain | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hydrocephalus | Prognosis | Variable, often normal life | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hydrocephalus | Pronunciation | /ˌhaɪdroʊˈsɛfələs/ | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hydrocephalus | Risk factors | Smoking | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hydrocephalus | Specialty | Neurosurgery | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hydrocephalus | Symptoms | Babies: rapid head growth, vomiting, sleepiness, seizures Older people: Headaches, double vision, poor balance, urinary incontinence, personality changes, mental impairment | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hydrocephalus | Treatment | Surgery | 1.00 | infobox |
| Hydrocephalus | is a | condition in which cerebrospinal fluid | 0.90 | text |
| Hydrocephalus | is a | endoscopic third ventriculostomy | 0.90 | text |
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