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Table 3 Thrombophilia testing in CVT patients

From: Clinical, radiological profile and prognostic role of transcranial color-coded duplex in cerebral venous thrombosis: a case-control study

Thrombophilia test

Number of patients

Percentage

Protein C deficiency

4/80

5%

Protein S deficiency

4/80

5%

Antithrombin III deficiency

9/80

11.25%

Factor V Leiden mutation a

  

 a) Homozygous

 b) Heterozygous

8/27

3/27

29.6%

11.1%

MTHFR mutation a

1/27

3.7%

  1. a Done for 27 patients with CVT who have no risk factor, MTHFR: methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase.