A review of therapeutic strategies for the management of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Medel, Ricky ^a   Monteith, Stephen J ^a   Crowley, R Webster ^a   Dumont, Aaron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Sinus thrombosis; Thrombectomy; Thrombolysis; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73349113234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.8.FOCUS09154     Document Type: Article

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