Clinical spectrum of the pseudotumor cerebri in children: Etiological, clinical features, treatment and prognosis

Brain and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 561-568

  Per, Hüseyin ^a   Canpolat, Mehmet ^a   Gümüş, Hakan ^a   Poyrazoĝlu, Hatice Gamze ^a   Yikilmaz, Ali ^a   Karaküçük, Sarper ^a   Doĝan, Hakki ^a   Kumandaş, Sefer ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Etiology; Pseudotumor cerebri; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHRITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PAPILLEDEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETINOL INTOXICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TINNITUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84876807481     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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