Cerebral sinus thrombosis in a 6-year-old boy after a minor head injury

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 177-179

  Lebowitz, David C ^a   Ko, Melissa W ^b   Cameron, Ella K ^c   Ko, Paul Y ^b  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

anticoagulation; cerebral sinovenous thrombosis; magnetic resonance venography; minor head injury

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSULTATION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; COMPLICATION; CRANIAL SINUS; THROMBOSIS;

CHILD; CRANIAL SINUSES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84896377586     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000088     Document Type: Article

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