Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: A cause of severe acute headache

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 739-741

  Vaidhyanath, Ram ^a   Kenningham, Richard ^a   Khan, Arshad ^a   Messios, Nicholas ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOTERIDOL; LAXATIVE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; DURA MATER; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE;

EID: 34948863853     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.048694     Document Type: Article

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