Lumbar puncture first: An alternative model for the investigation of lone acute sudden headache

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-136

  Schull, Michael J ^a,b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Headache; Lone acute sudden headache; Lumbar puncture; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0033062554     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01051.x     Document Type: Article

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