Intracranial hypotension presenting with severe encephalopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 470-473

  Beck, Carter E ^a,b   Rizk, Norman W ^a   Kiger, Lydia T ^a   Spencer, David ^a   Hill, Laureen ^a   Adler, John R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Encephalopathy; Intracranial hypotension; Pachymeningitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0031750967     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.3.0470     Document Type: Article

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