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Increased Intra-Abdominal Pressure and Cardiac Filling Pressures in Obesity-Associated Pseudotumor Cerebri Neurol 49:507-511, Sugerman,H.J.,et al, 1997 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract These date support the hypothesis that central obesity raises intra- abdominal pressure which increases pleural pressure and cardiac filling pressure,which impede venous return from the brain,leading to increased intracranial venous pressure and increased intracranial pressure associated with pseudotumor cerebri.

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