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Case Reports

Postpartum intracranial hypotension complicated by posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: a case report

Maria ChondrogiorgiDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece; Correspondence[email protected]
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Anastasia K ZikouDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Spiridon KonitsiotisDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece;
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Sofia MarkoulaDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece;
Pages 1174-1177 | Received 09 Jul 2019, Accepted 04 Feb 2020, Published online: 18 Feb 2020

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