Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Is Associated with Lower Body Adiposity

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-174

  Kesler, Anat ^a   Kliper, Efrat ^a   Shenkerman, Galina ^a   Stern, Naftali ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73049118940     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.06.030     Document Type: Article

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