Fatal spontaneous thrombosis of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation in a young patient with a rare heterozygous prothrombin gene mutation: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 143-146

  Taha, Mahmoud ^a   Patel, Umang ^a   Wharton, Stephen B ^a   Cooper, Peter C ^a   Makris, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Gene mutation; Pediatric neurosurgery; Stroke; Thrombosis; Venous infarction

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; PROTHROMBIN; THYMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEADACHE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MUTATION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; THROMBOPHILIA;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CYTOSINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEADACHE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MUTATION; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOPHILIA; THYMINE;

EID: 34347224312     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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