Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
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J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
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J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis · Mar 2008
Multicenter StudyCerebral venous thrombosis: analysis of a multicenter cohort from the United States.
The data regarding diagnosis, prognosis, management, and outcome of patients with cerebral venous thrombosis are limited from the United States. ⋯ Clinical and radiologic presentation of cerebral venous thrombosis in the United States is not much different from other parts of world but spectrum and frequency of predisposing factors are different. Number of patients treated with thrombolysis is higher as compared with other reported series of such patients. Coma at presentation and intracerebral hemorrhage were the strongest predictors of poor outcome, which is comparable with other series.