Factors affecting visual loss and visual recovery in patients with pseudotumor cerebri syndrome
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Factors affecting visual loss and visual recovery in patients with pseudotumor cerebri syndrome.
PURPOSE To investigate the frequency of visual loss (VL), possible predictive factors of VL, and improvement in patients with pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) syndrome. METHODS We reviewed 50 PTC patients (43 females, seven males) who underwent neuro-ophthalmic examination at the time of diagnosis and after treatment. Demographic data, body mass index (BMI), time from symptom onset to diagnosis (TD)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0004-2749
DOI: 10.5935/0004-2749.20150045