Idiopathic intracranial hypertension and facial palsy: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1529-1534

  Tzoufi, Meropi ^a   Makis, Alexandros ^a   Grammeniatis, Vasilios ^a   Nakou, Iliada ^a   Exarchakos, Georgios ^a   Asproudis, Ioannis ^a   Zikou, Anastasia ^a   Argyropoulou, Maria ^a   Siamopoulou Mavridou, Antigone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

facial nerve palsy; idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EYE EXAMINATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LOW CALORY DIET; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650218737     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810375849     Document Type: Article

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