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This study was undertaken to find out the relationship of homocysteine (Hcy) with vitamin B12, folic acid and methyltetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR<\/jats:italic>) mutation in the patients with CVST, and compare clinico-radiological severity and outcome of patients with and without hyperhomocysteinemia.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n Ninety-six CVST patients in whom Hcy level was measured, were included, and their risk factors and neurological, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR venography findings were noted. They were evaluated for prothrombotic conditions including Hcy, vitamin B12, folic acid and MTHFR<\/jats:italic> 677C\u2192T mutation. Three month outcome was categorized as death, poor and good.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n Seventy three per cent patients had risk factors; hyperhomocysteinemia in 52.1 per cent, protein S deficiency in 47.8 per cent, protein C deficiency in 19.4 per cent, MTHFR<\/jats:italic> 677C\u2192T mutation in 30.7 per cent, antinuclear antibody 11 per cent, and Factor V Leiden mutation in two per cent each. Thirty two per cent patients with hyperhomocysteinemia had no other thrombotic cause, and 22 per cent of them had either vitamin B12 and or folic acid deficiency only. The patients with hyperhomocysteinemia more frequently had vitamin B12 deficiency (70 vs. 13%), MTHFR<\/jats:italic> 677C\u2192T mutation (47.5 vs. 9.1%) and superior sagittal sinus thrombosis (78 vs. 56.5%) than normal Hcy group. 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