Clinical features, neuroimaging and treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension and magnetic resonance imaging evidence of blind epidural blood patch

European Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 301-307

  Su, Chen San ^a   Lan, Min Yu ^a   Chang, Yung Yee ^a   Lin, Wei Che ^b   Liu, Kuan Ting ^c  

^a Department of Neurology ^*

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Cisternography; Headache; Low CSF volume syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Orthostatic headache; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension, treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINX; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACHYMENINGEAL ENHANCEMENT; POSTURAL HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL EPIDURAL VENOUS PLEXUS ENGORGEMENT; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 62849108920     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000206856     Document Type: Article

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