Emergency department presentation of idiopathic intracranial hypertension

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 517-521

  Jones, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Nevai, Janos ^a   Freeman, Martin P ^a   McNinch, Dale E ^a  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Emergency; Headache; Intracranial hypertension; Papilledema; Prognosis; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NYSTAGMUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; VERTIGO;

EID: 0032836530     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90188-2     Document Type: Article

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