Cerebral venous thrombosis after epidural blood patch: Coincidence or causal relation? A case report and review of the literature

Cephalalgia

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 769-773

  Kueper, M ^a   Goericke, S L ^a   Kastrup, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood patch; Delivery; MRI; Post dural puncture headache

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; ENOXAPARIN; GADOLINIUM; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; REMISSION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FACTOR V; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS, SECONDARY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MUTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 44849117537     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01573.x     Document Type: Article

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