Cerebral vein and sinus thrombosis in Isfahan-Iran: A changing profile

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 474-477

  Saadatnia, Mohammad ^a,c   Mousavi, Seyyed Ali ^a   Haghighi, Sassan ^b   Aminorroaya, Ashraf ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

EID: 9744285729     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100003656     Document Type: Article

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