Presentation, investigation and management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 336-341

  Schexnayder, Lalania K ^a   Chapman, Kevin ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign intracranial hypertension; Blindness; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; IIH; Increased intracranial pressure; Papilloedema; Pseudotumor cerebri; PTC; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TOPIRAMATE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FENESTRATION; FLUID RETENTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCREASED APPETITE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNTING; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPTIC NERVE; PAPILLEDEMA; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33748437697     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cupe.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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