Tuberculosis: An uncommon cause of cerebral venous thrombosis?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 3 B, 2005, Pages 852-854

  Fiorot Jr , José Antonio ^a   Carvalho Felício, André ^a   Fukujima, Marcia Mauimi ^a   Arraes Rodrigues, Celso ^a   Morelli, Vânia Maria ^a   Lourenço, Dayse Maria ^a   Fernandes Do Prado, Gilmar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; Prothrombin gene mutation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 27144432134     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2005000500025     Document Type: Article

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