Deep cerebral venous thrombosis presenting as an encephalitic illness

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 848, 1996, Pages 355-357

  Silburn, P A ^a   Sandstrom, P A ^a   Staples, C ^a   Mowat, P ^b   Boyle, R S ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deep cerebral vein thrombosis; Magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THYROTOXICOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029948050     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.848.355     Document Type: Article

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