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Familial cerebral amyloid angiopathy related to stroke and dementia.
Amyloid : the international journal of experimental and clinical investigation : the official journal of the International Society of Amyloidosis - 1 Jul 2001
Frangione B, Révész T, Vidal R, Holton J, Lashley T, Houlden H, Wood N, Rostagno A, Plant G, Ghiso J
Abstract excerpt
The term cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) refers to the specific deposition of amyloid fibrils in the walls of leptomeningeal and cortical arteries, arterioles and, although less frequently in capillaries and veins. It is commonly associated with Alzheimers disease, Down's syndrome and normal aging, as well as with a variety of familial conditions related to stroke and/or dementia: hereditary cerebral hemorrhage...
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