Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A great masquerader

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-301

  Mehta, S R ^a   Muthukrishnan, J ^c   Varadarajulu, R ^b   Gupta, Aditya ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Medical Division   (India)

^c HQ IMTRAT ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; Cortical venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACINOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PHENYTOIN; PROTHROMBIN; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE; THROMBOPLASTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; SINUS VENOSUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5644283114     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(04)80072-8     Document Type: Article

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