The incidence of blindness due to idiopathic intracranial hypertension in the UK

Open Ophthalmology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-29

  Best, J L ^a   Silvestri, G ^a,b   Burton, B J ^c,d   Foot, B ^b   Acheson, J ^c,e  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; Intracranial hypertension; Pseudotumour cerebri

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AMBIGUITY; COMORBIDITY; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 84881323022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874364101307010026     Document Type: Article

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