Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: The validity of cross-sectional neuroimaging signs

Neuroradiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 521-527

  Agid, R ^a   Farb, R I ^a   Willinsky, R A ^a   Mikulis, D J ^a   Tomlinson, G ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Neuroimaging signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELLA TURCICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33746717417     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0095-y     Document Type: Article

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