Uncommon cause of sinus thrombosis following closed mild head injury in a child

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 86-88

  Muthukumar, Natarajan ^a  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Cerebral venous thrombosis; Fracture; Magnetic resonance venography; Mild head injury; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PROCOAGULANT;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; THROMBOPHILIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12444330458     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0926-2     Document Type: Article

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