Epi-arachnoidal drug deposit: A rare complication of intrathecal drug therapy

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-232

  Ochs, Günter ^a   Giess, Ralf ^a   Bendszus, Markus ^a   Krone, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Complication; Intrathecal therapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARACHNOID; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032888149     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(99)00067-6     Document Type: Article

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