Ischemic pituitary apoplexy associated with the lupus anticoagulant

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 221, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 89-90

  Galvin, Jennifer A ^a,b   Van Stavern, Gregory P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Lupus anticoagulant; Pituitary apoplexy

Indexed keywords

LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SELLA TURCICA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VISION TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 2642539920     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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