A case of spontaneous intracranial hypotension with simultaneous CSF leaks at the upper and lower thoracic levels

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 775-779

  Arai, Motomi ^a   Takada, Tomosue ^a   Ichijo, Katsutoshi ^a  

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Author keywords

Cranial MRI; CSF leak; Epidural blood patch; Radionuclide cisternography; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; INDIUM 111; TRACER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BLADDER; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINUS VENOSUS; SPINAL CORD; THROMBOSIS; VERTEBRA;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035525752     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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