Intracranial hypertension
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Intracranial hypertension.
Intracranial hypertension is not a definitive diagnosis, but rather a syndrome that may result from a number of neurologic and systemic disorders. Intracranial hypertension refers to prolonged elevation of intracranial pressure, generally above 200 mm H2O. This condition may be recognized by the various clinical signs and symptoms that are manifest in most patients, including headache, papilled...
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Grant, D. N. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 651. Benign intracranial hypertension: a review of 79 cases in infancy and childhood. An analysis is presented of 79 children under the age of 15 years suffering from benign intracranial hypertension. The commonest predisposing factor was chronic middle-ear disease which was found in 39%. Headache was the presenting symptom in 57% follo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107680009300426