Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 453-457

  Youroukos, Sotiris ^a   Psychou, Fotini ^a   Fryssiras, Spyros ^a   Paikos, Petros ^b   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033941823     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307380001500706     Document Type: Article

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