Evaluation of sixteen children with pseudotumor cerebri

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-58

  Incecik, Faruk ^a   Ozlem Herguner M ^a   Altunbaşak, Şakir ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Pseudotumor cerebri; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; ENOXAPARIN; FUROSEMIDE; PREDNISONE; TOPIRAMATE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MALE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PAPILLEDEMA; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; SYMPTOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLEDEMA; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI;

EID: 79958707752     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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