Serum vitamin A concentration is elevated in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1114-1118

  Jacobson, Daniel M ^a   Berg, R ^a   Wall, M ^b   Digre, K B ^c   Corbett, J J ^d   Ellefson, R D ^e  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Retinol Obesity; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL ESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL INTOXICATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0033595538     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.5.1114     Document Type: Article

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