Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A case series including thrombolysis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 790-794

  Mallick, A A ^a   Sharples, P M ^a   Calvert, S E ^b   Jones, R W A ^c   Leary, M ^a   Lux, A L ^a   O'Callaghan, F J ^a   Osborne, J P ^d   Patel, J S ^a   Prendiville, A T ^e   Renowden, S ^f   Jardine, P E ^a,g  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UHB Education Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; TINZAPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBRAL VENOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALAISE; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; PAPILLEDEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE DISORDERS, SECONDARY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOPHILIA; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VOMITING;

EID: 70349378870     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.154708     Document Type: Article

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