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An acute cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: successful treatment by combining mechanical thrombolysis with continuous urokinase infusion

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No. 160, Sec. 3, Chung-Kang Rd., Taichung, Taiwan

    S.-Y. Pan MD, C.-C. Shen MD & Y.-S. Tsuei MD

  2. Department of Neuroradiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    W.-H. Chen MD

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Triservice General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taichung, Taiwan

    T.-H. Tsai MD, C.-C. Shen MD & Y.-S. Tsuei MD

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Pan, SY., Tsai, TH., Chen, WH. et al. An acute cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: successful treatment by combining mechanical thrombolysis with continuous urokinase infusion. Clin Neuroradiol 25, 305–308 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-014-0338-y

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