Internal jugular vein thrombosis associated with shiatsu massage of the neck [2]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 142-143

  Wada, Yuko ^a   Yanagihara, C ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a  

^a NISHI KOBE MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LETTER; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUPRESSURE; ADULT; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 10944239599     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.038521     Document Type: Letter

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