Incidence of papilledema and obesity in children diagnosed with idiopathic "Benign" intracranial hypertension: Case series and review

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1389-1392

  Faz, Gabriel ^a   Butler, Ian J ^b   Koenig, Mary Kay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

idiopathic intracranial hypertension; obesity; papilledema; pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBESITY; PAPILLEDEMA; PARESTHESIA; PEDIATRICS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER PAIN; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PAPILLEDEMA; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS;

EID: 78650191678     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810364853     Document Type: Article

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