Successful surgical treatment of a hemophiliac infant with nontraumatic acute subdural hematoma

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 537-540

  Balak, Naci ^a   Silav, Gokalp ^a   Kiliç, Yilmaz ^a   Timur, Çetin ^b   Elmaci, Ilhan ^a  

^a GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hemophilia; Infants; Intracranial bleeding; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

COAGULANTS; FACTOR VIII; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, ACUTE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 35348971947     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.11.053     Document Type: Article

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