Diagnostic accuracy of noncontrast CT imaging markers in cerebral venous thrombosis

Pieter-Jan Buyck1, Susanna M Zuurbier1, Carlos Garcia-Esperon1

  • 1From the Departments of Radiology (P.-J.B., P.D.) and Neurology (R.L.), University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium; Department of Neurology (S.M.Z., J.M.C.), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology (C.-G.E.), John Hunter Hospital, University of Newcastle, Australia; Stroke Department (M.A.B., A.A.), Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Dr. Manuel Velasco Suárez, México City, México; Department of Head and Neck (P.C.), Neurology Unit, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy; Departments of Head and Neck (P.C.) and Clinical and Experimental Sciences (A.P.), Neurology Clinic, University of Brescia, Italy; Neurology Department (I.E., J.M.), University Hospitals Virgen del Rocio and Macarena, Seville; Neurovascular Lab (I.E., J.M.), Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Spain; Department of Neurology (D.R.), Nîmes University Hospital, France; Department of Neurosciences (R.L.), Experimental Neurology and Leuven Institute for Neuroscience and Disease (LIND), KU Leuven-University of Leuven; Laboratory of Neurobiology (R.L.), Center for Brain & Disease Research, VIB, Leuven, Belgium; Departments of Radiology (N.H.) and Neurology (F.F., T.G.), Medical University of Graz, Austria; Department of Neurology (J.J.C., E.G.-S.), Neurovascular Research Group, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (J.J.C., E.G.-S.), Spain; Department of Neurology (S.H., J.P., T.T.), Helsinki University Hospital, Finland; Department of Neurology (J.M.), Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain; Department of Neurology (C.W.), University Hospital Essen, Germany; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (L.C.), University of Melbourne; Australia School of Medicine (H.A.), Faculty of Health, Deakin University; Interventional Neuroradiology Service (H.A.), Radiology Department, Austin Health, Melbourne; Interventional Neuroradiology Service (H.A.), Radiology Department, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Clinical Neuroscience/Neurology (T.T.), Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg; Department of Neurology (T.T.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; Stroke Division, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health (V.T.), University of Melbourne, Heidelberg; and Department of Neurology (V.T.), Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia.

Neurology
|January 20, 2019
PubMed
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