Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: Case series of rare clinical presentations

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-58

  Chaudhary, N ^a   Cooper, P ^a   Lownie, S P ^a   Ng, W ^a   Duggal, N ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DROWSINESS; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TINNITUS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VOMITING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952304252     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100011070     Document Type: Article

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