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Abstract
Formation or presence of a blood clot (THROMBUS) in a blood vessel within the SKULL. Intracranial thrombosis can lead to thrombotic occlusions and BRAIN INFARCTION. The majority of the thrombotic occlusions are associated with ATHEROSCLEROSIS.
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- Thrombosis, Intracranial
- Thrombus, Intracranial
- Intracranial Thromboses
- Intracranial Thrombus
- Thromboses, Intracranial
- Brain Thrombosis
- Brain Thrombus
- Cerebral Thrombosis
- Cerebral Thrombus
- Thrombosis, Brain
- Brain Thromboses
- Cerebral Thromboses
- Thromboses, Brain
- Thromboses, Cerebral
- Thrombosis, Cerebral
- Thrombus, Brain
- Thrombus, Cerebral
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2000; for CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS use INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS 1991-1999
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- Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis (1965-1999)
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- National Library of Medicine. Intracranial Thrombosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020767. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020767
- Intracranial Thrombosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18556223