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. 1988 Aug;63(8):966–968. doi: 10.1136/adc.63.8.966

Transient intracranial hypertension of infancy.

N P Mann 1, N J McLellan 1, P H Cartlidge 1
PMCID: PMC1778997  PMID: 3415333

Abstract

Four infants were seen on six separate occasions with febrile illnesses associated with a bulging anterior fontanelle and irritability. They had signs of a transient form of intracranial hypertension.

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