Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: Two cases including one treated with epidural blood patch

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-182

  Agarwal, Pankaj ^a   Menon, Suresh ^a   Shah, Rajan ^a   Singhal, B S ^a  

^a BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Epidural blood patch; Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD PATCH; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTURAL HEADACHE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 70350112417     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.56318     Document Type: Article

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