Laser scanning tomography measurement of the extent of papilledema in the follow-up examination of patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 543-547

  Heckmann, Josef G ^a,b   Faschingbauer, Florian ^a   Lang, Christoph ^a   Reulbach, Udo ^a   Dütsch, Matthias ^a   Mardin, Christian Y ^a   Schwab, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Laser scanning tomography; Papilledema; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PAPILLEDEMA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548837752     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/09/0543     Document Type: Article

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