Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 397-398

  Ferrante, Enrico ^a   Rubino, Gerardo Fabio ^a   Passarani, Simonetta ^a   Arpino, Ines ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; IOPAMIDOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BLOOD PATCH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LETTER; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LIQUORRHEA; LOW BACK PAIN; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955626827     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.JNS10437     Document Type: Letter

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