title: Vitamin A in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with and without idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
abstract: We quantified vitamin A in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, elevated intracranial pressure of other causes and normal intracranial pressure. Vitamin A could be detected by high-pressure liquid chromatography in most of the specimens. There was a significantly higher level of vitamin A in the cerebrospinal fluid of some patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Vitamin A toxicity may play a role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. judith.warner@hsc.utah.edu
authors.forename: Judith E A
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Warner
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yemelyanov
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Alder
authors.forename: Steven T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Farnsworth
authors.forename: Kathleen B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Digre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D035061:Control Groups; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
chemical_list: D014801:Vitamin A