handbook_on_cerebral_venous_thrombosis_2007.pdf
handbook_on_cerebral_venous_thrombosis_2007.pdf
Handbook on Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Frontiers of Neurology and
Neuroscience
Vol. 23
Series Editor
J. Bogousslavsky, Montreux
Handbook on Cerebral
Venous Thrombosis
Basel · Freiburg · Paris · London · New York ·
Bangalore · Bangkok · Singapore · Tokyo · Sydney
Volume Editors
V. Caso, Perugia
G. Agnelli, Perugia
M. Paciaroni, Perugia
24 figures, 2 in color, and 21 tables, 2008
Dr. Valeria Caso, MD, PhD
Prof. Giancarlo Agnelli, MD
Dr. Maurizio Paciaroni
Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia
Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital
Via Dottori
Sant’Andrea delle Fratte
IT–06126 Perugia
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ISSN 1660–4431
ISBN 978–3–8055–8378–7
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Handbook on cerebral venous thrombosis / volume editors, V. Caso, G.
Agnelli, M. Paciaroni.
p. ; cm. – (Frontiers of neurology and neuroscience, ISSN 1660–4431
; v. 23)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978–3–8055–8378–7 (hard cover : alk. paper)
1. Sinus thrombosis. I. Caso, V. (Valeria) II. Agnelli, Giancarlo. III.
Paciaroni, M. (Maurizio) IV. Series.
[DNLM: 1. Intracranial Thrombosis–diagnosis. 2. Intracranial
Thrombosis–radiotherapy. 3. Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial–diagnosis. 4.
Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial–radiotherapy. WL 355 H2367 2008]
RC388.5.H3453 2008
616.81075–dc22
2007037850
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