A Randomised Controlled Trial of Treatments for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (The IIH Pilot Trial)

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Identifier 20090224_nanos_posters_091.pdf
Title A Randomised Controlled Trial of Treatments for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (The IIH Pilot Trial)
Creator Alex Ball; Tim Matthews; Mike Burdon; Andrew Jacks; Andrew Howman; Keith Wheatley; Mark Lawden; Arul Sivaguru; Alexandra Sinclair; Carl Clarke
Affiliation (AB) (AH) (KW) (AS) (CC) University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; (TM) (MB) (AJ) (AS) Birmingham Neuro-ophthalmology Unit, Birmingham, United Kingdom; (ML) University Hospital Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Subject IIH (Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension); RCT (Randomised Controlled Trial); Acetazolamide; Weight Loss; Papilloedema
Description The cause of Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) remains unknown and no consensus exists on how patients should be managed. Acetazolamide is commonly used, but has never been examined in a randomised controlled trial. Reduction in body weight has been reported to improve the course of IIH in overweight individuals.
Date 2009-02-24
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2009 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2009: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j138h0
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