A case of cerebral venous thrombosis due to Graves' disease with increased factor VIII activity

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 270-273

  Kasuga, Kensaku ^a   Naruse, Satoshi ^a   Umeda, Maiko ^a   Tanaka, Midori ^a   Fujita, Nobuya ^a  

^a NAGAOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; Factor VIII; Graves' disease; Hyperthyroidism

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; THIAMAZOLE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAVES DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; METHIMAZOLE; THROMBOPHILIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 33744952358     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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