The role of anticoagulation in cavernous sinus thrombosis

Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 517-522

  Levine, Steven R ^a   Twyman, Roy E ^a   Gilman, Sid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAVERNOUS SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023910159     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.38.4.517     Document Type: Article

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