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Homocysteine, folate and vitamin B(12) in puerperal cerebral venous thrombosis.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Sept 2008
Nagaraja Dindagur, Noone Mohan Leslie, Bharatkumar Venkata Pinnelli, Christopher Rita
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hyperhomocysteinemia (hyper-Hcy) is a known risk factor for venous thrombosis, but few studies document the risk in puerperal cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). Nutritional folate and vitamin B(12) deficiency can cause hyper-Hcy and pregnancy may contribute to this deficiency. We studied the association of plasma total homocysteine (tHcy), folate and vitamin B(12) levels with puerperal...
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