Recurrent strokes in a 46-year-old woman: Rapidly progressive nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1055-1056

  Scozzafava, James ^a   Hussain, Muhammad S ^a   Ahmed, S Nizam ^a   Khan, Khursid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750576148     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.060499     Document Type: Article

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