Changes in cerebral venous sinuses diameter after lumbar puncture in idiopathic intracranial hypertension: A prospective MRI study

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 375-378

  Horev, Anat ^a   Hallevy, Hen ^b   Plakht, Ygal ^a   Shorer, Zamir ^a   Wirguin, Itzhak ^a   Shelef, Ilan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; MRV; Venous stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENOUS PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; PUNCTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVERSE SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TRANSVERSE SINUSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879839992     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2012.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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