Familial Intracranial Hypertension: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 196-198

  Kharode, Chaula ^a   Mcabee, Gary ^a   Sherman, Jack ^a   Kaufman, Mark ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0026747942     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389200700211     Document Type: Review

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