Vitamin A Levels in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients With and Without Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

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Identifier 20000328_nanos_sciplatform2_02
Title Vitamin A Levels in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients With and Without Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Creator Kathleen Digre, MD; J. C. Moore; J. E. A. Warner; B. Katz; P. S. Bernstein
Affiliation Salt Lake City, Utah
Subject Vitamin A; Cerebrospinal Fluid; Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Description Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a condition seen in obese women of childbearing years. Its etiology is unknown. Recently, two studies have shown that serum vitamin A levels are frequently elevated in this population. We set out to determine whether Vitamin A could be found in the CSF of patients with IIH.
Date 1999-03-17
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2000 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2000: Scientific Platform Presentations (Session II)
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2000. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6r81ms7
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 182322
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r81ms7
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