Cranial hypertension as first manifestation of Behcet's disease: A case report

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-299

  Ascaso, F J ^a   Rodriguez, A ^a   Cristobal J A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Central nervous system disease; Intracranial hypertension; Magnetic resonance angiography; Venous sinus thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL; COLCHICINE; HEPARIN; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ALGERIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PARENCHYMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECANALIZATION; RELAPSE; SINUS VENOSUS; SYMPTOM; VASCULITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PAPILLEDEMA; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0036867735     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021249010583     Document Type: Article

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