New gene identified for condition that causes blood clots in brain
A study out of St. Paul, Minnesota recently reported that a new gene is linked to cerebral venous thrombosis, which is a condition that causes blood clots in the veins of the brain and can lead to stroke. The condition is most prevalent in younger and middle-aged females.
The study compared 78 people with cerebral venous thrombosis in Germany to 201 healthy people. Researchers found that a variant of the gene called factor XII C46T is more common in people with cerebral venous thrombosis than in healthy people. A total of 16.7 percent of those with cerebral venous thrombosis had the gene variant, compared to 5.5 percent of those without the condition.
You can read more on cerebral venous thrombosis and this new report here.