Neuroimaging in the diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Minerva Medica

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-370

  Agid, R ^a,b   Farb, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Magneitic resonance imaging; Neuroimaging; Pseudotumor cerebri; Venography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VEIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN DISEASE;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CRANIAL SINUSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 33750614044     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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