Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis associated with oral contraceptives: The case for neurosurgery

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Galarza, Marcelo ^a   Gazzeri, Roberto ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral angiography; Cerebral sinus thrombosis; Craniotomy; Intracranial pressure; Oral contraceptive

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; VOMITING;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING;

EID: 73349131756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.8.FOCUS09158     Document Type: Article

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