International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 61-65 , January 2008

Internal carotid artery dissection: an unusual cause of postpartum headache

  • J.M. Waidelich
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  • A.S. Bullough
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  • J.M. Mhyre

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: J.M. Mhyre, M.D. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Room UH 1H247, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0048, USA. Tel.: +734 9364280; fax: +734 9369091.

,Accepted April 2007.

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 All support provided by Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0048, USA.

PII: S0959-289X(07)00099-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2007.04.003

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 61-65 , January 2008

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