title: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in children: the Iowa experience.
abstract: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is an uncommon condition in children and is seen only about once a year in a large referral hospital. Sex incidence is equal, and obesity is a feature in about one third of patients. This article reviews the 30-year experience in an institution where idiopathic intracranial hypertension in adults has been extensively studied. Symptomatic causes of intracranial hypertension and both medical and surgical therapeutic options are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Mississippi, Jackson.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Babikian
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Corbett
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies