Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis: Subtle signs on neuroimaging

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 397-401

  Tang, Phua Hwee ^a   Chai, Josiah ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b   Chng, Soke Miang ^a   Lim, C C Tchoyoson ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; Cerebrovascular disorders; Magnetic resonance imaging; Venous infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 45249120602     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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