Alexia without Agraphia in a Postpartum Eclamptic Patient with Factor V Leiden Deficiency

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-420

  Sabet, Haideh Yazdani ^a   Blake, Pamela ^a   Nguyen, Dan ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN DEFICIENCY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ALEXIA, PURE; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ECLAMPSIA; FACTOR V; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642307317     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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