Recurrent postpartum cerebral sinus vein thrombosis as a presentation of cystathionine-β-synthase deficiency

Jan Novy; Diana Ballhausen; Luisa Bonafé; Anne Cairoli; Anne Angelillo-Scherrer; Claude Bachmann; Patrik Michel

doi:10.1160/TH09-10-0737

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2010; 103(04): 871-873
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-10-0737

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Recurrent postpartum cerebral sinus vein thrombosis as a presentation of cystathionine-β-synthase deficiency

Jan Novy

¹Service of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Diana Ballhausen

²Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Molecular Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Luisa Bonafé

²Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Molecular Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Anne Cairoli

³Service and Central Laboratory of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Anne Angelillo-Scherrer

³Service and Central Laboratory of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Claude Bachmann

⁴Central Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Patrik Michel

¹Service of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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