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Neurological picture
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension in adolescence
  1. J Bladen1,
  2. M Moosajee2,
  3. S Renowden3,
  4. M Carter4,
  5. C Sainsbury5,
  6. P Jardine6
  1. 1Department of Neurosurgery, Barbara Russell Children’s Ward, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
  2. 2Department of Neurosurgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
  3. 3Department of Neurosurgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
  4. 4Department of Neurosurgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
  5. 5Child Health Department, Torbay Hospital, Torquay, UK
  6. 6Department of Paediatric Neurology, Barbara Russell Children’s Ward, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 J Bladen
 Department of Neurosurgery, Barbara Russell Children’s Ward, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol BS 16 1LE, UK; bladenjohn{at}doctors.org.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.096644

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