Spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks

Cephalalgia

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1345-1356

  Schievink, W I ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Headache; Intracranial hypotension; Intracranial pressure

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CAFFEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRIN GLUE; MINERALOCORTICOID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ABDOMINAL BINDER; BED REST; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SAGGING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CISTERNOGRAPHY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; FACIAL NUMBNESS; HEADACHE; HEARING DISORDER; HYPOACUSIS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; IMAGING; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MYELOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PITUITARY HYPEREMIA; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TINNITUS; BLOOD PATCH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELOGRAPHY; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 56549094738     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01776.x     Document Type: Review

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