Weight Management Interventions for Adults With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Systematic Review and

Sally Abbott1, Fiona Chan1, Abd A Tahrani1

  • 1From the Research Centre for Healthcare and Communities (S.A.), Coventry University; Birmingham Neuro-Ophthalmology (F.C.), University Hospitals Birmingham; Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research (A.A.T.), University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; Novo Nordisk (A.A.T.), Bagsvaerd, Denmark; Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology (S.H.W.), Moorfields Eye Hospital; Medical Eye Unit (S.H.W.), Guy's and St Thomas' NHSFT, London; School of Life Course & Population Sciences (S.H.W.), Kings College London; Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences (S.H.W.), University College London; Adult Weight Management (Bariatric Surgery) (F.E.J.C.), NHS Grampian; Department of Surgery (C.P.), University College London Hospitals; Department of Surgery (C.P.), Barts Health NHS Trust, London; Upper Gastrointestinal (D.J.P.), Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, North Bristol NHS Trust; IIH UK (A.D.), London; Translational Brain Science (A.J.S., S.P.M.), Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham; and Birmingham Neuro-Ophthalmology (S.P.M.), University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, United Kingdom.

Neurology
|October 9, 2023
PubMed
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