Marked olfactory impairment in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 959-964

  Bershad, Eric M ^a   Urfy, Mian Z ^a   Calvillo, Eusebia ^a   Tang, Rosa ^b   Cajavilca, Christian ^b   Lee, Andrew G ^a,c   Venkatasubba Rao, Chethan P ^a   Suarez, Jose I ^a   Chen, Denise ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENETHYL ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD DOWN POSITION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; OLFACTORY THRESHOLD; OLFACTORY THRESHOLD SNIFFIN STICKS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; STANDING; UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SMELL IDENTIFICATION TEST;

CSF DYNAMICS; SMELL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; MALE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905566903     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-307232     Document Type: Article

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