Bilateral disc drusen as an important differential diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 387-388

  Perez Alvarez, F ^a   Luque, A ^a   Penas A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLURRED VISION; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUSEN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OPTIC DISK DRUSEN; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247556379     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.10.006     Document Type: Letter

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