Genetics of cerebral venous thrombosis.

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Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is rare compared to arterial causes of stroke. It is often encountered in young patients and may occur in children and neonates. Predisposition to CVT also has a genetic basis and inherited thrombophilias are known to cause 22.4% of the CVT cases. Inherited thrombophilias should be suspected if a patient has recurrent CVT, is less than 45 years age, has a family history of venous...

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