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- Published on: 19 January 2000
- Published on: 19 January 2000Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: heparin or nothing.Show More
A recent review article in your journal gives the impression that the case for heparinisation of patients with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is proven [1]. The largest and most robust study did not come to this conclusion and its results did not achieve statistical significance [2]. Given that CVT has a spectrum of presentations from headache to coma, a blanket approach to treatment in the absence of good evidence and...
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