title: Can elevated IGF-1 levels among patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome cause idiopathic intracranial hypertension?
abstract: We offer for consideration a possible association between hypermobility syndrome seen in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and risk of potential development of idiopathic intracranial hypertension - mediated primarily through the effects of insulin-like growth factor-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurian
authors.forename: Glen D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
keywords: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; IGF-1; hypermobility syndrome; idiopathic intracranial hypertension