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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

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01-09-2017 | Correspondence

Epidural blood patch treatment for headache caused by a ruptured Tarlov cyst

Authors: Fatemah Qasem, MBBCh, MD, Charlotte McCallum, ACNP, GDipNPAC, Paidrig Armstrong, MD, FRCPC

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 9/2017

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Title: Epidural blood patch treatment for headache caused by a ruptured Tarlov cyst
Authors: Fatemah Qasem, MBBCh, MD
Charlotte McCallum, ACNP, GDipNPAC
Paidrig Armstrong, MD, FRCPC
Publication date: 01-09-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 9/2017
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-017-0916-y

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