Illness perceptions and quality of life amongst women with pseudotumor cerebri

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 931-936

  Kesler, A ^a,b   Kliper, E ^b   Goner Shilo, D ^b   Benyamini, Y ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension pseudotumor cerebri; Illness perceptions; Neuro opthalmology; Neuropsychology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 67651246843     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02625.x     Document Type: Article

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