Cerebral venous sinus density on noncontrast CT correlates with hematocrit

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1354-1357

  Black, David F ^a   Rad, A E ^a   Gray, L A ^a   Campeau, N G ^a   Kallmes, D F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL SINUS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL SINUSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051959483     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2504     Document Type: Article

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