Seasonal variation and atypical presentation of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in pre-pubertal children

Cephalalgia

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1261-1264

  Distelmaier, F ^a   Tibussek, D ^a   Schneider, D T ^b,c   Mayatepek, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM DORTMUND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Infection; Pre pubertal children; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREPUBERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SEASONS;

EID: 35448994668     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01442.x     Document Type: Article

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