Noncontrast CT in deep cerebral venous thrombosis and sinus thrombosis: Comparison of its diagnostic value for both entities

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 728-735

  Linn, J ^a   Pfefferkorn, T ^a   Ivanicova, K ^a   Muller Schunk S ^a   Hartz, S ^a   Wiesmann, M ^a   Dichgans, M ^a   Bruckmann H ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL SINUS; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549162821     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1451     Document Type: Article

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