Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 481-487

  Rando, Thomas A ^a   Fishman, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACER;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYELOGRAPHY;

EID: 0026723966     PISSN: 1526632X     EISSN: 00283878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.3.481     Document Type: Article

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