Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: Relation of age and obesity in children

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 870-872

  Balcer, Laura J ^a,d   Liu, G T ^a   Forman, S ^c   Pun, K ^c   Volpe, N J ^a   Galetta, S L ^a   Maguire, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033541010     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.4.870     Document Type: Article

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