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Cerebral microbleeds in CADASIL.
Neurology - 25 Sept 2001
Lesnik Oberstein S A, van den Boom R, van Buchem M A, van Houwelingen H C, Bakker E, Vollebregt E, Ferrari M D, Breuning M H, Haan J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary arteriopathy leading to recurrent cerebral infarcts and dementia. Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has been described sporadically in patients with CADASIL, suggesting that the affected arteries in CADASIL are not bleed-prone. However, the presence of cerebral microbleeds, which often...
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