Is measurement of D-dimer useful in the diagnosis of cerebral venous thrombosis?

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1057-1060

  Lalive, P H ^a   De Moerloose, P ^a   Lovblad, K ^a   Sarasin, F P ^a   Mermillod, B ^a   Sztajzel, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0344464902     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000090562.66120.1F     Document Type: Article

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