New classification of acute papilledema in children with severe malaria

Raised intracranial pressure is a feature of cerebral malaria in children living in Africa. We investigated specific clinical optic disc features of papilledema to establish their prognostic significance in this encephalopathy. We developed a classification of acute papilledema and tested it against...

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Main Authors: Smith, A, Beare, N, Musumba, C, Lochhead, J, Newton, C, Harding, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009