Upper body venous thrombosis associated with ovarian stimulation: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-154

  Mancuso, A ^a,b   De Vivo, A ^a   Fanara, G ^a   Di Leo, R ^a   Toscano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; OHSS; Ovulation induction; Thrombophilic state

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PAPILLEDEMA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; SYMPTOM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA; TWIN PREGNANCY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; QUADRUPLETS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SUPEROVULATION; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 28044463140     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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