Spinal headaches after myelograms: Comparison of needle types

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1289-1292

  Prager, Jordan M ^a   Roychowdhury, Sudipta ^b   Gorey, Michael T ^a   Lowe, Gina M ^c   Diamond, Cheryl W ^c   Ragin, Ann ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SITTING; STANDING;

EID: 0029992531     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.5.8911197     Document Type: Article

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