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Familial intracranial hypertension: a case report

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We report the cases of a father and his daughter developing idiopathic intracranial hypertension within a few months' of each other.

A second daughter is affected by uveitis, while a third daughter presented an episode of visual loss of unknown nature.

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Viene descritto il caso di padre e figlia con ipertensione intracranica idiopatica. Una seconda figlia è affetta da uveite, ed una terza ha presentato un episodio di calo visivo di causa non nota.

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  1. Istituto Nazionale Neurologico “C. Besta”, Milano

    Salmaggi A., Marano R., Silvani A., Pozzi A. & Luca G. De

  2. Divisione Neurologica, Ospedale Regina Margherita, Messina, Italy

    Marano R. & Luca G. De

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Salmaggi, A., Marano, R., Silvani, A. et al. Familial intracranial hypertension: a case report. Ital J Neuro Sci 17, 167–168 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02000850

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