Ophthalmodynamometric measurement of central retinal vein pressure as surrogate of intracranial pressure in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1059-1060

  Jonas, Jost B ^a,b   Pfeil, Katrin ^a   Chatzikonstantinou, Anastasios ^a   Rensch, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central retinal vein pressure; Cerebrospinal fluid pressure; Intracranial pressure (ICP); Ophthalmodynamometry; Optic disc; Pseudotumor cerebri; Venous outflow pressure

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETRY; OPTIC DISK; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA VEIN; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 44649132029     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-008-0780-0     Document Type: Article

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