Cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure measurements in acute headache patients and in patients with either chronic or no pain

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 122, Issue SUPPL. 190, 2010, Pages 6-11

  Bo S H ^a   Davidsen, E M ^a   Benth, J S ^a   Gulbrandsen, P ^a   Dietrichs, E ^b,c  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEADACHE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY HEADACHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY HEADACHE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77953192813     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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