Are steroids useful to treat cerebral venous thrombosis?

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-110

  Canhão, Patrícia ^a   Cortesão, Ana ^a   Cabral, Marta ^a   Ferro, José M ^a   Stam, Jan ^b   Bousser, Marie Germaine ^c   Barinagarrementeria, Fernando ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; Dural sinus; Steroids; Treatment

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STUDY ON CEREBRAL VEINS AND DURAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; BRAIN VEIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149082832     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.484089     Document Type: Article

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