Unusual cause of sudden onset headache: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 520-523

  Broadley, Simon A ^a,b   Park, Nick ^a   Renowden, Shelley ^a   Ferguson, Iain T ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidural blood patch; Headache; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension; Subdural hygroma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28444456279     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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