Cerebral venous and dural sinus thrombosis: State-of-the-art imaging

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-37

  Linn, Jennifer ^a   Brückmann, Hartmut ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical vein thrombosis; CTA; Deep cerebral venous thrombosis; Imaging; MRI; Sinus thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; PROCEDURES; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 84905495617     PISSN: 18691439     EISSN: 18691447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-010-9035-7     Document Type: Article

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