Pseudotumor cerebri: Brief review of clinical syndrome and imaging findings

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1986-1993

  Degnan, A J ^a   Levy, Lucien M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; LEPTIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TOPIRAMATE;

ABDUCENS NERVE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EYE PAIN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SELLA TURCICA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SHORT SURVEY; STENT; TINNITUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SYNDROME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84455160770     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2404     Document Type: Short Survey

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