Traveler's stroke: It is not just flying that does it

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 566-568

  Ayo Martin O ^a,b   Garcia Garcia J ^a   Sopelana, D ^a   Segura, T ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIPLOPIA; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMY CLASS STROKE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; IMMOBILIZATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEAT; SMOKING; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRAVELER STROKE; TRAVELER THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FACTOR V; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 53949125729     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000164557     Document Type: Article

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