Intracranial pressure returns to normal about a month after stopping tetracycline antibiotics [1]

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1137-1138

  Winn, Bryan J ^b   Liao, Yaping Joyce ^b   Horton, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NECK PAIN; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PAPILLEDEMA; PERIMETRY; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; TETRACYCLINES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34547880684     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.8.1137     Document Type: Letter

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