Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 69-72 , February 2008

Conservatively managed pineal apoplexy in an anticoagulated patient

  • Gabriel M. Werder

      Affiliations

    • William Beaumont Hospital, Department of Radiology, 3600 West Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
    • St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine, Luton, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. William Beaumont Hospital, Department of Radiology, 3600 West Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA. Tel.: +1 248 551 5000; fax: +1 248 551 8880.
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  • Rahul S. Razdan

      Affiliations

    • St Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Joseph A. Gagliardi

      Affiliations

    • St Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Shashi K.B. Chaddha

      Affiliations

    • St Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT, USA

Received 4 April 2006 ,Accepted 11 August 2006.

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PII: S1078-8174(06)00099-X

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2006.08.003

Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 69-72 , February 2008

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