Abstract
Five patients affected by aseptic dural sinus thrombosis have been treated with a combination of heparin sodium and urokinase. In all of them, the therapy was followed by complete clinical recovery. Postoperative cerebral angiography showed patency of the involved sinuses in all.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Brain / diagnostic imaging
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Cerebral Angiography
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Child
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Endopeptidases / administration & dosage*
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Female
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Heparin / administration & dosage*
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Humans
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Infusions, Parenteral
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / diagnosis
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Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / diagnostic imaging
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Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / drug therapy*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / administration & dosage*
Substances
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Heparin
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Endopeptidases
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Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator