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Molecular genetics of familial cerebral cavernous malformations.
Neurosurgical focus - 15 Jul 2006
Dashti Shervin R, Hoffer Alan, Hu Yin C, Selman Warren R
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral cavernous malformations (CMs) are angiographically occult neurovascular lesions that consist of enlarged vascular channels without intervening normal parenchyma. Cavernous malformations can occur as sporadic or autosomal- dominant inherited conditions. Approximately 50% of Hispanic patients with cerebral CMs have the familial form, compared with 10 to 20% of Caucasian patients. There is no difference in...
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