Diagnosing Pseudotumor Cerebri: An Age-based Approach

Tuhina Govil-Dalela; Lalitha Sivaswamy

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-34-19

Diagnosing Pseudotumor Cerebri: An Age-based Approach

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 34 (2020): Issue 0

By: Tuhina Govil-Dalela and Lalitha Sivaswamy

Open Access

|Dec 2020

Abstract

Investigators from Hillel-Yaffe, Carmel, and Bnai Zion Medical Centers in Israel studied the comparative clinical presentations and predisposing factors for idiopathic intracranial hypertension across age groups.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-34-19 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 19 - 19

Submitted on: Mar 15, 2020

Accepted on: Nov 29, 2020

Published on: Dec 18, 2020

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension,

© 2020 Tuhina Govil-Dalela, Lalitha Sivaswamy, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 34 (2020): Issue 0