Evaluation of the effect of hemoglobin or hematocrit level on dural sinus density using unenhanced computed tomography

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-33

  Lee, Seung Young ^a   Cha, Sang Hoon ^a   Lee, Sung Hyun ^a   Shin, Dong Ick ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT; Density; Dural sinus; Hematocrit; Hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL SINUS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOID SINUS; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; WILSON DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRANIAL SINUSES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871289353     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2013.54.1.28     Document Type: Article

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