Thrombophilic factors and the formation of dural arteriovenous fistulas

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-59

  Van Dijk, J Marc C ^b   TerBrugge, Karel G ^a   Van Der Meer, Felix J ^c   Wallace, M Christopher ^a   Rosendaal, Frits R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dural arteriovenous fistula; Factor V Leiden mutation; Prothrombin factor

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; MALE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FACTOR V; FACTOR VIII; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; PROTHROMBIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34347392510     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/07/0056     Document Type: Article

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