Evaluation of CSF leaks: High-resolution CT compared with contrast- enhanced CT and radionuclide cisternography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 706-712

  Stone, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Castillo, Mauricio ^a   Neelon, Brian ^a   Mukherji, Suresh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OTORRHEA; RHINORRHEA; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTRAST MEDIA; ETHMOID BONE; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELLA TURCICA; SPHENOID BONE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033361020     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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