Spinal CSF venous fistula: A treatable etiology for CSF leaks in craniospinal hypovolemia
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Diagnostic criteria for spontaneous spinal CSF leaks and intracranial hypotension.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Comprehensive diagnostic criteria encompassing the varied clinical and radiographic manifestations of spontaneous intracranial hypotension are not available. Therefore, we propose a new set of diagnostic criteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS The diagnostic criteria are based on results of brain and spine imaging, clinical manifestations, results of lumbar puncture, and respon...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002776