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 =====Clinical features===== =====Clinical features=====
-  *increasingly impaired cognition over many months and [[dementia]] +  *classic triad: 
-  *disturbed [[gait]] (usually wide-based) +    ***increasingly impaired cognition over many months** and [[dementia]] 
-    * the cardinal sign is a hypokinetic gait disorder in which the feet look as though they are glued to the floor +    ***disturbed [[gait]] (usually wide-based)** 
-    * reduced gait velocity, due to a diminished and highly variable stride length as with [[parkinsons]] +      * the cardinal sign is a hypokinetic gait disorder in which the feet look as though they are glued to the floor 
-    * specific features are a broad based gait pattern with outward rotated feet and a diminished height of the steps (([[https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/70/3/289|Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2001;70:289-297. Comparative analysis of the gait disorder of normal pressure hydrocephalus and Parkinson's disease.]])) +      * reduced gait velocity, due to a diminished and highly variable stride length as with [[parkinsons]] 
-  *[[urinary_incontinence]]+      * specific features are a broad based gait pattern with outward rotated feet and a diminished height of the steps (([[https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/70/3/289|Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2001;70:289-297. Comparative analysis of the gait disorder of normal pressure hydrocephalus and Parkinson's disease.]])) 
 +    ***[[urinary_incontinence]]**
  
  
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