Neuropsychological manifestations in a case of bilateral thalamic infarction

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 238-242

  Vucic, Steve ^a   Lye, T ^a   Mackenzie, R A ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral vein thrombosis; Neuropsychological; Thalamic infarction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037347234     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(02)00341-7     Document Type: Article

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