Ventricular size in pseudotumor cerebri and the theory of impaired CSF absorption

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-94

  Levine, David N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ventricles; CNS biomechanics; CSF circulation; Intracranial hypertension; Pseudotumor cerebri; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN ARACHNOID; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THEORY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI;

EID: 0034662827     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(00)00348-8     Document Type: Review

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