Bilateral internal carotid artery dissection in the postpartum period

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 119, Issue 2 PART 2, 2012, Pages 489-492

  Baffour, Francis I ^a   Kirchoff Torres, Kathryn F ^a   Einstein, Francine H ^a   Karakash, Scarlett ^a   Miller, Todd S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEREDITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTIMA; LABOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; WEAKNESS; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84858759721     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318242d8d4     Document Type: Article

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