Ischemic stroke and peripheral arterial thromboembolism in a patient with Crohn's disease: A case presentation

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 177-179

  Freilinger, Tobias ^a   Riedel, Eva ^a   Holtmannspötter, Markus ^a   Dichgans, Martin ^a   Peters, Nils ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Hypercoaguable state; Inflammation; Inflammatory bowel disease; Stroke; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; HEPARIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLON CROHN DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ENTERITIS; HAND DISEASE; HAND PARESTHESIA; HAND SWELLING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD COAGULATION; BONE MARROW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CROHN DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RISK; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 38749106970     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.08.035     Document Type: Article

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