Intracardiac thrombus in Behçet's disease: Two case reports

Thrombosis Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hammami, Sonia ^a   Mahjoub, Silvia ^a   Ben Hamda, Khaldoun ^a   Brahem, Radhia ^a   Gamra, Habib ^a   Farhat, Mohamed Ben ^a  

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; Intracardiac thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 27444434087     PISSN: 14779560     EISSN: 14779560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-9560-3-9     Document Type: Article

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