Thrombosis of the internal cerebral vein associated with transient unilateral thalamic edema: A case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1351-1355

  Herrmann, Karin A ^a   Sporer, Bernd ^b   Yousry, Tarek A ^b,c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; THALAMUS; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL VEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THALAMIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 16544364918     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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