Papilledema revisited: Is its pathophysiology really understood?

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 444-447

  Killer, Hanspeter E ^a,b   Jaggi, Gregor P ^c   Miller, Neil R ^d  

^a Kantonsspital Aarau ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Augenklinik Spitalpark Olten   (Switzerland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Compartment syndrome; Intracranial pressure; L PGDS; Lumbar puncture; Optic nerve; Papilledema

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AXOPLASM FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OPTIC DISK; PAPILLEDEMA;

EID: 67651154256     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02059.x     Document Type: Article

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