Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in female homozygous twins

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 652-654

  Fujiwara, Syouji ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Kato, Tsutomu ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Katusima, Harumi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CSF rhinorrhoea; Homozygous twins; Intracranial hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PAPILLEDEMA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; SHUNTING; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0031010291     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.6.652     Document Type: Article

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