Oral contraceptives and cerebral venous thrombosis: Case report and a brief review of literature

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 559-561

  Sheerani, Mughis ^a   Zainul, Mian ^a   Urfy, Sajadeen ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STROKE; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CRANIAL SINUS; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CRANIAL SINUSES; FACTOR V; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33847344277     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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