Idiopathic intracranial hypertension and idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: Diseases with opposite pathogenesis?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 61, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 526-528

  Iencean, S M ^a,b  

^a Hospital Sf Treime   (Romania)

^b NONE   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; EPENDYMA; GLIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI;

EID: 0242720159     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00208-1     Document Type: Article

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