Changing pattern of headache pointing to cerebral venous thrombosis after lumbar puncture and intravenous high-dose corticosteroids

Headache

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 559-564

  Aidi, Saadia ^a   Chaunu, Marie Pierre ^b   Biousse, Valérie ^a   Bousser, Marie Germaine ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b University hospital of Reims   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; Corticosteroids; Headache; Intracranial hypertension; Intracranial hypotension; Lumbar puncture

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032699888     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1999.3908559.x     Document Type: Article

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