Cerebrospinal fluid leaks of the anterior skull base: Diagnosis and management

Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-77

  Kaplan, Michael J ^a,b   Fischbein, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0034425198     PISSN: 1092440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1092-440X(00)80010-9     Document Type: Article

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