Neuroradiology

, Volume 59, Issue 4, pp 323–324 | Cite as

Spontaneous subdural hematomas particularly with a decreased coagulation factor XIII activity require follow-ups of the neuroradiological diagnostic

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Keywords

Subdural Hematoma Chronic Subdural Hematoma Thunderclap Headache Factor Xiii Activity Brain Stem Compression 
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Funding

This work was supported by grants of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) to BB (Grant Numbers: BO 4229/1-1, BO 4229/2-1, Novel strategies to protect the neurovascular unit in cerebrovascular diseases).

Conflict of interest

BB is a member of the scientific advisory board of Edge Therapeutics and has received a travel grant, speaker honorarium and material support from CSL Behring, Germany and Canada.

Ethical approval

For this type of study formal consent is not required.

Informed consent

Statement of informed consent was not applicable since the manuscript does not contain any patient data.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Department of SurgeryUniversity of TorontoTorontoCanada
  2. 2.Department of Neurology, University Hospital of EssenUniversity of Duisburg-EssenEssenGermany
  3. 3.Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical FacultyUniversity of DüsseldorfDüsseldorfGermany
  4. 4.Institute of Neurophysiology, Medical FacultyUniversity of CologneCologneGermany
  5. 5.Department of Neurosurgery, Research Unit for Experimental NeurotraumatologyMedical University GrazGrazAustria

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