Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in a young child without visual symptoms or signs

Headache

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 574-576

  Winner, Paul ^a   Bello, Luis ^a  

^a Palm Beach Headache Center   (United States)

Author keywords

idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CYPROHEPTADINE; FUROSEMIDE; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CHILD; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0029862253     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3609574.x     Document Type: Article

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