Cerebral venous thrombosis-related stroke in India: Clinical patterns, risk factors, and outcomes from the hospital-based stroke registry programme.

3 - 5 However, the incidence among men has shown an increasing trend in recent years. 1 South Asia bears the highest burden of CVT, accounting for up to 50% of all young stroke victims and 40% among women. 6 Recent studies suggest that the demographic and clinical patterns of CVT in Asia differ considerably from those reported in western countries, with cases occurring at a much younger age and affecting a lower proportion of women.

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