Cerebrospinal fluid leak secondary to chiropractic manipulation

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Kusnezov, Nicholas ^a   Velani, Shamsha ^b   Lu, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; chiropractic manipulation; intracranial hypotension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; CHIROPRACTIC; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; LIQUORRHEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTURAL HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84877957807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.109456     Document Type: Article

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