Understanding idiopathic intracranial hypertension: mechanisms, management, and future directions

KA Markey, SP Mollan, RH Jensen… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a disorder characterised by raised intracranial
pressure that predominantly affects young, obese women. Pathogenesis has not been fully …

Cerebrospinal fluid secretion by the choroid plexus

HH Damkier, PD Brown… - Physiological reviews, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
The choroid plexus epithelium is a cuboidal cell monolayer, which produces the majority of
the cerebrospinal fluid. The concerted action of a variety of integral membrane proteins …

The idiopathic intracranial hypertension treatment trial: clinical profile at baseline

M Wall, MJ Kupersmith, KD Kieburtz, JJ Corbett… - JAMA …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance To our knowledge, there are no large prospective cohorts of untreated patients
with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) to characterize the disease. Objective To report …

The expanding burden of idiopathic intracranial hypertension

SP Mollan, M Aguiar, F Evison, E Frew, AJ Sinclair - Eye, 2019 - nature.com
Objective To quantify the hospital burden and health economic impact of idiopathic
intracranial hypertension. Methods Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) national data was …

Risks and consequences of childhood and adolescent obesity

A Must, RS Strauss - International journal of obesity, 1999 - nature.com
This report reviews the risks and consequences associated with childhood and adolescent
obesity. Although no consensus definition of childhood obesity exists, the various measures …

Diagnostic criteria for idiopathic intracranial hypertension

DI Friedman, DM Jacobson - Neurology, 2002 - neurology.org
The syndrome of increased intracranial pressure without hydrocephalus or mass lesion and
with normal CSF composition, previously referred to as pseudotumor cerebri, is a diagnosis …

Obesity evaluation and treatment: expert committee recommendations

SE Barlow, WH Dietz - Pediatrics, 1998 - publications.aap.org
Objectives. The development of recommendations for physicians, nurse practitioners, and
nutritionists to guide the evaluation and treatment of overweight children and adolescents …

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a prospective study of 50 patients

M Wall, D GEORGE - Brain, 1991 - academic.oup.com
Management of patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) should be based on
the presence and progression of visual loss. To characterize the clinical course of IIH more …

A systematic review of surgical treatments of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)

A Kalyvas, E Neromyliotis, C Koutsarnakis… - Neurosurgical …, 2021 - Springer
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension denotes raised intracranial pressure in the absence of
an identifiable cause and presents with symptoms relating to elevated ICP, namely …

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension

M Wall - Neurologic clinics, 2010 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a disorder of elevated cerebrospinal fluid
pressure of unknown cause. Quincke in 1897 reported the first cases of IIH shortly after he …