Is it a rational choice to treat with lumbar epidural blood patch headache caused by spontaneous cervical CSF leak?

Cephalalgia

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1245-1246

  Ferrante, E ^a   Arpino, I ^a   Citterio, A ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 33748484509     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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