Pseudo-subarachnoid hemorrhage: A CT-finding in spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-137

  Schievink, Wouter I ^a   Maya, M Marcel ^a   Tourje, James ^a   Moser, Franklin G ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 22044440740     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000167192.86419.15     Document Type: Article

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