Isolated straight sinus and deep cerebral venous thrombosis: Successful treatment with local infusion of urokinase. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 704-707

  Holder, Chad A ^a   Bell, D Antonio ^a   Lundell, Andrea L ^a   Ulmer, John L ^a   Glazier, Steven S ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

deep vein thrombosis; dural sinus; straight sinus; thrombolysis; thrombosis; urokinase

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETHARGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030936235     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.4.0704     Document Type: Article

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