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Can Elevated IGF ‐1 Levels Among Patients With E hlers– D anlos Syndrome Cause Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension?
Author(s) -
Kurian Michelle,
Solomon Glen D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/head.12242
Subject(s) - medicine , ehlers–danlos syndrome , metabolic syndrome , risk factor , cardiology , dermatology , obesity
We offer for consideration a possible association between hypermobility syndrome seen in E hlers– D anlos syndrome and risk of potential development of idiopathic intracranial hypertension – mediated primarily through the effects of insulin‐like growth factor‐1.