Pseudotumor cerebri

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 364-370

  Mathews, Michaela K ^a   Sergott, Robert C ^a   Savino, Peter J ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Brain tumor; Humphrey visual field; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Intracranial pressure; Lumbar puncture; Obesity; Optic nerve sheath fenestration; Papilledema; Pseudotumor cerebri; Topiramate; Venous sinus thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; TOPIRAMATE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ANOREXIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIURESIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MONOCULAR VISION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SPINAL PUNCTURE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 1542512178     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200312000-00008     Document Type: Review

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