Spontaneous pneumocephalus of an otogenic origin

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 662-665

  Vallejo, L A ^a   Gil Carcedo, L M ^a   Borras, J M ^a   De Campos, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0032709118     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(99)70080-X     Document Type: Article

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