Unilateral Papilledema in ‘Benign’ Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri)

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 250, Issue 17, 1983, Pages 2346-2347

  Sher, Neal A ^a   Wirtschafter, Jonathan ^b   Shapiro, Sidney K ^a,b   See, Crispin ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; PAPILLEDEMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PAPILLEDEMA; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; SYNDROME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84944283138     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1983.03340170072033     Document Type: Article

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