Transient focal cerebral ischaemia and bilateral pulmonary embolism after desmopressin treatment for von Willebrand's disease

Haemophilia

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1133-1134

  De Wee, E M ^a   Ikram, M K ^a   Dippel, D W J ^a   Leebeek, F W G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; DESMOPRESSIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VITAL SIGN; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FEMALE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 51249124634     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: 13652516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2008.01841.x     Document Type: Letter

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