Bilateral medial cerebellar infarction in a patient positive for lupus anticoagulant

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-244

  Gupta, Praveen Kumar ^a   Ramnath, Krishnan Pudukode ^a   Sudhakar, Praharaju Janaki ^a  

^a SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bilateral; IgM anticardiolipin; Lupus anticoagulant; PICA infarction

Indexed keywords

LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIECTOMY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; FALLING; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147125462     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-006-9041-4     Document Type: Article

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