Stenting of the transverse sinuses in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-380

  Ahmed, Rebekah ^a   Friedman, Deborah I ^b,c   Halmagyi, G Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; FUROSEMIDE; TOPIRAMATE;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIAL SINUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; STENT; TRANSVERSE SINUS; TRANSVERSE SINUS STENOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CRANIAL SINUSES; HUMANS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; STENTS;

EID: 81755188420     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318237eb73     Document Type: Article

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