Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri): Recognition, treatment, and ongoing management

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Thurtell, Matthew J ^a,b   Wall, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Cerebrospinal fluid shunting; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Management; Optic nerve sheath fenestration; Papilledema; Pseudotumor cerebri; Recognition; Topiramate; Treatment; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; KETOCONAZOLE; LITHIUM; MEPREDNISONE; METHAZOLAMIDE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; QUINIDINE; RIFAMPICIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECREASED APPETITE; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EUPHORIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FRESNEL PRISM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSOMNIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETHARGY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBO PERITONEAL SHUNT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEPHROLITHIASIS; NERVE SURGERY; OBESITY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAPILLEDEMA; PARESTHESIA; PERIMETRY; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SODIUM RETENTION; TASTE DISORDER; TINNITUS; TRANSVERSE SINUS; VASCULAR STENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84873088150     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: 15343138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-012-0207-4     Document Type: Article

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