Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis associated with raised intracranial pressure in closed head injury with depressed skull fracture

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 237-240

  Tamimi, A ^a,b   Abu Elrub, M ^a   Shudifat, A ^a   Saleh, Q ^a   Kharazi, K ^a   Tamimi, I ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Lumbar puncture; Superior sagittal sinus; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHILD; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED;

EID: 26244458475     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087480     Document Type: Article

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