Letter to the Editor: Confounding and Misclassification Obscures the Association Between Spinal Manipulation and Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension

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chiropractic spinal manipulation intracranial hypotension adverse effects cerebrospinal fluid leak confounding variables

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