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

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Via Celoria 11, 20133, Milan, Italy

    Angelo Franzini, Edvin Zekaj, Giuseppe Messina & Giovanni Broggi

  2. Department of Neurology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

    Eliana Mea

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Franzini, A., Zekaj, E., Messina, G. et al. Intracranial spontaneous hypotension associated with CSF cervical leakage successfully treated by lumbar epidural blood patch. Acta Neurochir 152, 1997–1999 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-010-0783-6

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