Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid hypovolaemia: A therapeutic dilemma?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1128-1138

  Nowak, D A ^a,b   Takano, B ^a   Topka, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Epidural blood patch; Intracranial hypotension; Intracranial hypovolaemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748949427     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01453.x     Document Type: Article

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