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Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in childhood: incidence, clinical profile and risk factors in a national prospective population-based cohort study

AIM: To investigate the epidemiology, clinical profile and risk factors of pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) in children aged 1-16 years. METHODS: A national prospective population-based cohort study over 25 months. Newly diagnosed PTCS cases notified via British Paediatric Surveillance Unit...

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Main Authors:	Matthews, Yim-Yee, Dean, Fiona, Lim, Ming J., Mclachlan, Karen, Rigby, Alan S., Solanki, Guirish A., White, Catherine P., Whitehouse, William P., Kennedy, Colin R.
Format:	Article
Published:	BMJ 2017
Subjects:	BPSU; Epidemiology; Obesity; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Pseudotumor cerebri
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50837/

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