Cerebral venous thrombosis as a rare onset of Churg-Strauss syndrome

Maria Teresa Sartori; Chiara Briani; Marina Munari; Pietro Amistà; Antonio Pagnan; Paolo Zampieri

doi:10.1160/TH06-02-0084

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2006; 96(01): 90-92
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-02-0084

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Cerebral venous thrombosis as a rare onset of Churg-Strauss syndrome

Maria Teresa Sartori

¹2^nd Chair of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Hospital, Padova, Italy

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Chiara Briani

²Department of Neurosciences, University Hospital, Padova, Italy

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Marina Munari

³Department of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Padova, Italy

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Pietro Amistà

⁴Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital, Padova, Italy

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Antonio Pagnan

¹2^nd Chair of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Hospital, Padova, Italy

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Paolo Zampieri

⁵Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Padova, Italy

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