Comparison of computed tomography myelography and radioisotope cisternography to detect cerebrospinal fluid leakage in spontaneous intracranial hypotension

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Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hashizume, Keiji ^a   Watanabe, Keisuke ^a   Kawaguchi, Masahiko ^a   Taoka, Toshiaki ^a   Shinkai, Takayuki ^a   Furuya, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebrospinal fluid leakage; computed tomography myelography; radioisotope cisternography; spontaneous intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BACK; BLOOD PATCH; CERVICAL SPINE; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY MYELOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE CISTERNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857712234     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31822e606a     Document Type: Article

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