Cerebral venous thrombosis: A descriptive multicenter study of patients in Pakistan and Middle East

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2707-2711

  Khealani, Bhojo A ^a   Wasay, Mohammad ^a   Saadah, Mohammed ^b   Sultana, Erum ^c   Mustafa, Shahid ^a   Khan, Farrukh Shohab ^c   Kamal, Ayeesha K ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b RASHID HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEMODECTOMA; CHILD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; DYSARTHRIA; EXTERNAL OTITIS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEADACHE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYCOSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ORBIT DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PAPILLEDEMA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; PUSTULE; RANKIN SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOPHILIA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 54049089611     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.512814     Document Type: Article

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