Declining Mortality in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
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Declining mortality in cerebral venous thrombosis: a systematic review.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is nowadays considered a disease with a good outcome in most cases, but in the past, these patients were thought to have a grave prognosis. We systematically studied the apparent decline in mortality of patients with CVT over time. METHODS A systematic review of the literature (MEDLINE and EMBASE) was performed. Studies with ≥40 patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.113.004666