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01-11-2010 | Letter to the editor

Intracranial spontaneous hypotension associated with CSF cervical leakage successfully treated by lumbar epidural blood patch

Authors: Angelo Franzini, Edvin Zekaj, Giuseppe Messina, Eliana Mea, Giovanni Broggi

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 11/2010

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Title: Intracranial spontaneous hypotension associated with CSF cervical leakage successfully treated by lumbar epidural blood patch
Authors: Angelo Franzini
Edvin Zekaj
Giuseppe Messina
Eliana Mea
Giovanni Broggi
Publication date: 01-11-2010
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 11/2010
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-010-0783-6

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