How to treat cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 877-883

  Coutinho, J M ^a   Stam, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NADROPARIN; PLACEBO; UROKINASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROIMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; BRAIN VEIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBRAL VEINS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 77953797269     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.03799.x     Document Type: Review

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