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An Unusual Cause of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in a Four-Year-Old Child Stroke 24:603-605, Rich,C.,et al, 1993 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract We suggest that the cerebral venous thrombosis in this child was initially precipitated by minor head trauma and pathological thrombus formation was then potentiated by inherited protein S deficiency.This case extends the clinical prectrum for protein S deficiency and emphasizes the importance of evaluating family members to establish a specific diagnosis and therapeutic intervention.

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