Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria presenting as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 308-311

  Misra, U K ^a   Kalita, J ^a   Bansal, V ^a   Nair, P P ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; CVST; Ham's test; Investigations; PNH

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCEROL; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULANTS; BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBINURIA, PAROXYSMAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; PARESIS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RECURRENCE; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; VOMITING;

EID: 53949088699     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2008.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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