Iron deficiency anemia - A rare etiology of sinus thrombosis in adults

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-130

  Huang, Pai Hao ^a   Su, Jen Jen ^a   Lin, Po Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; Iron deficiency anemia; Stroke; Uterine myoma

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; CORTICOSTEROID; D DIMER; FERRITIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; IRON; PHENYTOIN; PROTEIN S; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CRANIAL NERVE; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MENORRHAGIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOPIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; STRABISMUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTERUS MYOMA; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 77955480851     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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