Pituitary macroadenomas: Are combination antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy contraindicated? A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tan, Tricia M M ^a   Caputo, Carmela ^a   Mehta, Amrish ^a   Hatfield, Emma C I ^a   Martin, Niamh M ^a   Meeran, Karim ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; THYROXINE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 44949246342     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-1-74     Document Type: Article

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