Recurrent cerebral infarction in beta Thalassaemia major

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 344-345

  Singh, Rajinder ^a   Venketasubramanian, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; APHASIA; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2442592601     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078092     Document Type: Article

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