The influence of the menstrual cycle in postdural puncture headache

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 485-490

  Echevarria, M ^a,b   Caba, F ^a   Rodriguez, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Headache; Migraine.; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0031696169     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115550-199823050-00010     Document Type: Article

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