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Spontaneous intracranial hypotension treated with a cervical epidural blood patch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2005

T. Usui
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Asahi Chuoh Hospital, Asahi, Chiba, Japan
S. Saito
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimatology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
F. Goto
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimatology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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© 2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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