Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: Recommendations for management

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-157

  Amoozegar, Farnaz ^a   Guglielmin, Darryl ^a   Hu, William ^a   Chan, Denise ^a   Becker, Werner J ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FIBRIN GLUE; GADOLINIUM; GELFOAM; INDIUM 111; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SEALANT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; BLOOD VOLUME; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LAMINECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTURAL HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84874230921     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100013664     Document Type: Article

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