Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis epidemiology and demographics
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: : Kalsang Dolma, M.B.B.S.[2] Sharmi Biswas, M.B.B.S
Overview
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare disease that mostly occurs in children and women.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is rare, with 0.3 to 0.4 per 100,000 annual incidence in adults and 0.7 per 100,000 incidence in children (predominantly in the newborn[1]).
Age
- In adults, the disease occurs most often in the third decade.[1]
Gender
- 75% of cases are in women; some historical evidence suggests that the use of oral contraceptives in women is behind the disparity between the sexes.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Einhäupl K, Bousser MG, de Bruijn SF; et al. (2006). “EFNS guideline on the treatment of cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis”. Eur. J. Neurol. 13 (6): 553–9. doi:10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01398.x. PMID 16796579.
- ↑ Stam J (2005). “Thrombosis of the cerebral veins and sinuses”. N. Engl. J. Med. 352 (17): 1791–8. doi:10.1056/NEJMra042354. PMID 15858188.
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