International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 4-7 , January 2007

Post dural puncture headache in obstetric patients: experience from a West African teaching hospital

  • O.O. Nafiu

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: O.O. Nafiu MD, FRCA, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Room UH 1H247, 1500 East Medical Drive, Ann Arbor, MI. 48109 – 0048, USA, Fax: +734 9369091.
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  • R.A. Salam
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  • E.O. Elegbe

,Accepted 28 May 2006.

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 Abstract presented at the 2005 meeting of the Society of Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology (SOAP), Palm Desert, California.

PII: S0959-289X(06)00111-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2006.05.001

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 4-7 , January 2007

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