Cerebral Venous Sinus (Sinovenous) Thrombosis in Children

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 511-527

  Dlamini, Nomazulu ^a,b   Billinghurst, Lori ^a   Kirkham, Fenella J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis; CSVT; Neonatal; Pediatric; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ASPARAGINASE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MASTOIDITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CRANIAL SINUSES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 77953769156     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2010.03.006     Document Type: Review

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