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Ultrasound-measured optic nerve sheath diameter correlates well with cerebrospinal fluid pressure

Salil Gupta1, Aditya Pachisia2

  • 1Department of Neurology, Army Hospital (Research and Referral), New Delhi, India.

Neurology India
|July 27, 2019
PubMed
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Keywords:
CSF pressurelumbar punctureoptic nerve sheath diameterultrasound

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