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September 24, 2013; 81 (13) Views & Reviews

Revised diagnostic criteria for the pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in adults and children

Deborah I. Friedman, Grant T. Liu, Kathleen B. Digre
First published August 21, 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a55f17
Deborah I. Friedman
From the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (D.I.F.), Dallas; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (G.T.L.), Philadelphia; and the University of Utah (K.B.D.), Salt Lake City.
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Grant T. Liu
From the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (D.I.F.), Dallas; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (G.T.L.), Philadelphia; and the University of Utah (K.B.D.), Salt Lake City.
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Kathleen B. Digre
From the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (D.I.F.), Dallas; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (G.T.L.), Philadelphia; and the University of Utah (K.B.D.), Salt Lake City.
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Revised diagnostic criteria for the pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in adults and children
Deborah I. Friedman, Grant T. Liu, Kathleen B. Digre
Neurology Sep 2013, 81 (13) 1159-1165; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a55f17

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  • REPLY to Drs. Wall and Corbett
    • Denorah I Friedman, Professor, Neurology & Neurotherapeutics and Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TXDeborah.Friedman@utsouthwestern.edu
    • Grant Liu, Philadelphia, PA, Kathleen Digre, Salt Lake City, UT
    Submitted January 24, 2014
  • The Modified Dandy Criteria for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, No Need to Fix What is not Broken
    • Michael Wall, Professor, University of Iowamichael-wall@uiowa.edu
    • Michael Wall, M.D. Iowa City, IA; James J. Corbett, M.D., Jackson, MS
    Submitted January 10, 2014
  • Re: IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION: PAPILLEDEMA OR NOT? THIS IS THE QUESTION!
    • Deborah Friedman, Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Mecial CenterDeborah.Friedman@utsouthwestern.edu
    • Kathleen Digre MD, Salt Lake City, UT; Grant Liu MD, Philadelphia, PA
    Submitted January 02, 2014
  • Papilledema and CSF opening pressure below 28 cm H2O. Is it pseudotumor cerebri though?
    • Daniel Tibussek, Child Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canadadaniel.tibussek@sickkids.ca
    • Felix Distelmaier, Duesseldorf, Germany
    Submitted January 02, 2014
  • IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION: PAPILLEDEMA OR NOT? THIS IS THE QUESTION!
    • Claudio Liguori, Medical Doctor, Department of Systems Medicine, University of "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italydott.claudioliguori@yahoo.it
    • Claudio Liguori, Rome, Italy; Andrea Romigi, Rome, Italy; Maria Albanese, Rome, Italy; Maria G Marciani, Rome, Italy; Fabio Placidi, Rome, Italy
    Submitted November 07, 2013
  • REPLY TO Dr. Dasheiff
    • Deborah I. Friedman, Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDeborah.Friedman@utsouthwestern.edu
    • Deborah Friedman, Dallas, TX; Grant Liu, Philadelphia, PA; Kathleen Digre, Salt Lake City, UT
    Submitted November 05, 2013
  • Ducks in a row
    • Richard Dasheiff, Neurologist, locums tenensrdasheiff@yahoo.com
    Submitted October 16, 2013
  • Reply to Dr. De Simone et al
    • Deborah I Friedman, Professor of Neurology & Neurotherapeutics and Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDeborah.Friedman@utsouthwestern.edu
    • Deborah I. Friedman, Dallas, TX; Grant T. Liu, Philadelphia, PA; Kathleen B. Digre, Salt Lake City, UT
    Submitted September 13, 2013
  • Cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure in IIH diagnosis
    • Roberto De Simone, Headache Centre Director, Dept. of Neurosciences. University Federico II of Naples - Italyrodesimo@unina.it
    • Roberto De Simone, Naples, Italy; Angelo Ranieri, Naples, Italy; Silvana Montella, Naples, Italy
    Submitted September 11, 2013
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