Headaches caused by decreased intracranial pressure: Diagnosis and management

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-326

  Mokri, Bahram ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningeal enhancement; Orthostatic headaches; Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension; Type I Chiari malformation

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRILLIN; THEOPHYLLINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; REVIEW;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0037782208     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200306000-00011     Document Type: Review

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