Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in a Young Child Without Visual Symptoms or Signs
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Visual failure without headache in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
AIM To determine the differences in outcome in a group of children with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) who do not present with headaches. METHODS Differences in epidemiological and aetiological factors, clinical presentation, and visual outcome were investigated in children with a diagnosis of IIH presenting with and without headaches to the Paediatric Neurology and Paediatric Oph...
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عنوان ژورنال: Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0017-8748,1526-4610
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3609574.x