MRI evidence of impaired CSF homeostasis in obesity-associated idiopathic intracranial hypertension

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-34

  Alperin, N ^a   Ranganathan, S ^a   Bagci, A M ^a   Adams, D J ^a   Ertl Wagner, B ^c   Saraf Lavi, E ^a   Sklar, E M ^a   Lam, B L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873057128     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3171     Document Type: Article

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