Thrombophilia as a common predisposing factor in pseudotumor cerebri [7]

Blood

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1972-1973

  Dunkley, Scott ^a   Johnston, Ian ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTITHROMBIN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; METHIONINE; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MUTATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOPHILIA; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 1442356201     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-09-3017     Document Type: Letter

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