Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: diagnosis to management

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 119-125

  Limaye, Kaustubh ^a   Samant, Rohan ^a   Lee, Ricky W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF leak; Intracranial hypotension; Low pressure headache; New onset headache; Orthostatic headache

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PATCH; BRAIN SURGERY; CISTERNOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HYGROMA; HYPEREMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MYELOGRAPHY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTURAL HEADACHE; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; COMPLICATION;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEAK; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION;

EID: 84949553879     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-015-0577-y     Document Type: Review

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