Acetazolamide therapy and intracranial pressure [5]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 538-

  Patel, Sugat ^a   Lederman, Edith ^b   Wallace, Mark ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE;

CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIURETICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL;

EID: 0037442607     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367646     Document Type: Letter

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