Is the brain water channel aquaporin-4 a pathogenetic factor in idiopathic intracranial hypertension? Results from a combined clinical and genetic study in a Norwegian cohort

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-91

  Kerty, Emilia ^a   Heuser, Kjell ^a   Indahl, Ulf G ^b   Berg, Paul R ^b   Nakken, Sigve ^a   Lien, Sigbjørn ^b   Omholt, Stig W ^b   Ottersen, Ole P ^c   Nagelhus, Erlend A ^a,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

aquaporin 4; idiopathic intracranial hypertension; pseudotumor cerebri; single nucleotide polymorphisms; SNP

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AQUAPORIN 4; DNA; FUROSEMIDE; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; AQP4 GENE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME 18; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AQUAPORIN 4; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DIURETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873056414     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02231.x     Document Type: Article

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