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The first Jacobson Lecture. Familial idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2008, Volume 28, Issue 4
Date 2008-12
Language eng
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Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs1z7n

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Title The first Jacobson Lecture. Familial idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Creator James J. Corbett, MD, University Of Mississippi
Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA.
Abstract BACKGROUND: Case reports of familial idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) have appeared sporadically and infrequently. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of all patients with IIH seen at our institution to identify the number of familial cases. RESULTS: Out of a cohort of 237 patients with IIH, we identified 27 members (25 women and 2 men) from 11 families, with IIH usually self-reported or reported by the index case. In 7 of the 11 families, the relationship was parent to child; in 4, it was sibling. Obesity was present in 85% of the family members. CONCLUSIONS: Familial IIH appears to be more common than reported previously. A systematic evaluation of first-degree relatives may help to identify more cases. A study of the patterns of inheritance and associated co-morbidities may result in better understanding of the genetic issues with this disorder.
Subject Adolescent; Adult; Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure; Cohort Studies; Comorbidity; Female; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genetic Testing; Headache; Humans; Inheritance; Patterns; Male; Middle Older people; Obesity; Papilledema; Prevalence; Pseudotumor Cerebri; Young Adult
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Format application/pdf
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 225756
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs1z7n/225756
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