Severe spontaneous intracranial hypotension and Marfan syndrome in an adolescent

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 68-71

  Milledge, J T ^a   Ades, L C ^b   Cooper, Michael G ^a,c   Jaumees, A ^a   Onikul, E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood patch; Dural ectasia; Epidural blood patch; Marfan syndrome; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MARFAN SYNDROME; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARFAN SYNDROME;

EID: 13544262490     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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