Basilar skull fracture: A risk factor for transverse/sigmoid venous sinus obstruction

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-111

  Zhao, Xueren ^a   Rizzo, Anne ^a   Malek, Bobby ^a   Fakhry, Samir ^a   Watson, Joseph ^a,b  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar skull fracture; Cerebral venous infarction; Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; CT angiogram; Intracranial pressure; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; SKULL FRACTURE, BASILAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WARFARIN;

EID: 39149131030     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2007.0351     Document Type: Article

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