Puerperal seizures associated with post dural puncture headache

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-129

  Rice, I ^a   Mountfield, J ^a   Radhakrishnan, D ^b   Nelson Piercy, Catherine ^b,c  

^a PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PUERPERIUM; SEIZURE;

EID: 0037384992     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-289X(03)00012-8     Document Type: Article

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