The role of resistance to C active protein (R-PCA) in pediatric stroke;Papel de la resistencia a la proteina C activada (R-PCA) en el ictus pediatrico

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 25, Issue 146, 1997, Pages 1589-1591

  Cardo, E ^a,c   Campistol, J ^a   Kirkham, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Hospital Alcudia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated protein C resistance; Cerebellar swelling; Posterior fossa stroke in childhood; Recurrent headaches

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MALE; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACTOR V; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN C; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WARFARIN;

EID: 0030688880     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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