Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome: Venous sinus obstruction and its treatment with stent placement

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1045-1055

  Owler, Brian K ^a   Parker, Geoffrey ^b   Halmagyi, G Michael ^b   Dunne, Victoria G ^b   Grinnell, Verity ^b   McDowell, David ^b   Besser, Michael ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pseudotumor cerebri; Stent; Venous sinus obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VEIN; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS PRESSURE; VISION;

EID: 0037405103     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.5.1045     Document Type: Article

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