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Pseudotumor cerebri in a child receiving peritoneal dialysis: recovery of vision after lumbo-pleural shunt

A 9-year-old boy with end-stage renal disease who was receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) presented with acute visual loss and was found to have papilledema. Neuroimaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis were normal. The lumbar puncture opening pressure was 290 mm of wat...

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Autores principales: Alrifai, Muhammad Talal, Al Naji, Foad, Alamir, Abdulrahman, Russell, Neville
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21911996
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.84640