When should i do dynamic CT myelography? Predicting fast spinal CSF leaks in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 690-694

  Luetmer, Patrick H ^a   Schwartz, K M ^a   Eckel, L J ^a   Hunt, C H ^a   Carter, R E ^a   Diehn, F E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MYELOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860236204     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2849     Document Type: Article

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