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Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy: two novel mutations in the NOTCH3 gene in Chinese.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Jul 2006
Lee Yi-Chung, Yang An-Hang, Liu Hsiu-Chih, Wong Wen-Jang, Lu Yi-Chun, Chang Ming-Hon, Soong Bing-Wen
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BACKGROUND: Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary disorder caused by NOTCH3 mutations, usually localized to exons 3 and 4, and characterized by recurrent subcortical infarctions, dementia and leukoencephalopathy. So far, there has been only limited information about CADASIL in Chinese population. OBJECTIVES: To analyze the NOTCH3...
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