Surgical intervention, biopsy and APOE genotype in cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related haemorrhage.

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Twelve patients who had surgical removal of a cerebral haematoma had a biopsy or autopsy diagnosis of cerebral amyloid angiopathy-related haemorrhage (CAAH). Ten had a cortical biopsy at the time of surgery and eight reports of these were interpreted as showing CAA to be the cause of the haemorrhage. The diagnosis in the remaining two was made at autopsy. Six patients had a biopsy and autopsy, resulting in a 67%...

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