Vitamin A in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with and without idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 647-650

  Warner, Judith E A ^a,b   Bernstein, Paul S ^a   Yemelyanov, Alexander ^a   Alder, Stephen C ^b   Farnsworth, Steven T ^b   Digre, Kathleen B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONTROL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0036830440     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10377     Document Type: Article

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