Benign intracranial hypertension: An unrecognized complication of oral corticosteroid therapy;Hypertension intracranienne benigne: Une complication meconnue de la corticotherapie

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-42

  Lorrot, M ^a   Bader Meunier, B ^a   Sebire G ^b   Dommergues, J P ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex hormones; Child; Cortisone toxicology; Papilledema; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; PREDNISONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PAPILLEDEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PUNCTURE; TIME;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREDNISONE; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032611130     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(99)80071-2     Document Type: Article

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