Sphenoid cranial base defects in siblings presenting with cerebrospinal fluid leak

Skull Base Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 193-197

  Bernstein, Joseph M ^a   Thomas Roland, J ^a   Persky, Mark S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 0031414811     PISSN: 10521453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1058595     Document Type: Article

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