Association Between Anemia and Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Case-Control Study

Jonathan M Coutinho1, Susanna M Zuurbier2, Aafke E Gaartman2

  • 1From the Departments of Neurology (J.M.C., S.M.Z., A.E.G., A.A.D., J.S.) and Vascular Medicine (S.M.), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands (S.C.C.). j.coutinho@amc.nl.

Stroke
|August 15, 2015
PubMed
Summary

Anemia is a significant risk factor for cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). This controlled study found anemia more frequent in CVT patients, confirming its association with this condition.