An unusual cause of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: Prothrombin G20210A gene mutation

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 906-908

  Porres Aguilar, Mateo ^a   Square, Jaime H ^a   Storey, Raul ^a   Rodriguez Dunn, Simon ^a   Mohamed Aly, Mohamed S ^a  

^a Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; Inherited thrombophilia; Oral contraceptives; Prothrombin G20210A mutation

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; PROTHROMBIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HISPANIC; HUMAN;

ADENINE; ANTICOAGULANTS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; GUANINE; HEPARIN; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROTHROMBIN; RISK FACTORS; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 34548384352     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181462a5f     Document Type: Article

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