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Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and Venous Infarction: Case Report of a Rare Initial Presentation of Smoker's Polycythemia

INTRODUCTION: Cerebral venous thrombosis is a rare initial presentation of polycythemia. If diagnosed early, treatment can reduce mortality and morbidity significantly. Often it may present with headache as the only complaint, and thus the diagnosis is likely to be missed. CASE PRESENTATION: A medic...

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Autores principales: Raval, Mihir, Paul, Anu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2999731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21151631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000322571