Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: Prognostic and therapeutic significance of an early radiologic diagnosis

Rivista di Neuroradiologia

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 479-505

  Roncallo, F ^a,d   Turtulici, I ^b   Arena, E ^a   Bisio, N ^a   Inglese, M ^a   Assini, A ^a   Gasparetto, B ^c   Bartolini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous sinuses; CT; Local fibrinolysis; MRI; Systemic heparinization; Thrombosis; Venous anatomy; Venous flow

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; SINUS VENOSUS;

EID: 0031715061     PISSN: 11209976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/197140099801100409     Document Type: Article

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