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Spontaneous intracranial hypotension with chronic brain sagging causing foramen magnum CSF circulation disorder reversible after lumbar epidural blood patch

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  1. Neurosciences Department, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Enrico Ferrante & Valentina Prone

  2. Neurology Department, AOR San Carlo Hospital, Potenza, Italy

    Enrico Ferrante

  3. Anaesthesiology Department, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Fabio Rubino

  4. Anaesthesiology Department, Insubria University, Varese, Italy

    Mirko Ferrante

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Ferrante, E., Prone, V., Rubino, F. et al. Spontaneous intracranial hypotension with chronic brain sagging causing foramen magnum CSF circulation disorder reversible after lumbar epidural blood patch. Neurol Sci 39, 1137–1138 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3263-z

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