The Birmingham Weight loss in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Intracranial Pressure Study

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Identifier 20100308_nanos_sciplatform_07.pdf
Title The Birmingham Weight loss in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Intracranial Pressure Study
Creator Michael Burdon; Alexandra Sinclair; Peter Nightingale; Alexandra Ball; Peter Good; Tim Matthews; Andrew Jacks; Mark Lawden; Carl Clarke; Elizabeth Walker; Jeremy Tomlinson; Paul Stewart; Saaeha Rauz
Affiliation (MB) (AS) (PN) (AB) (CC) (EW) (JT) (PS) (SR) University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; (PG) (TM) (AJ) Birmingham Neuro-ophthalmology Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; (ML) Department of Neurology, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
Subject Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension; Weight Loss; Intracranial Pressure; Ultrasonography; Optical Coherance Tomography
Description Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is characterized by elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) leading to visual loss and disabling headaches affecting predominantly obese females. Weight loss is a frequently advocated treatment, although efficacy has to date, not been convincingly demonstrated.
Date 2010-03-08
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2010 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2010: Scientific Platform 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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