CT density measurement and H:H ratio are useful in diagnosing acute cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1568-1572

  Buyck, P J ^a   De Keyzer, F ^a   Vanneste, D ^b   Wilms, G ^a   Thijs, V ^a,c,d,e   Demaerel, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL SINUS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880842443     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3469     Document Type: Review

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