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COL4A1 mutation in a patient with sporadic, recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage.
Stroke - 1 May 2007
Vahedi Katayoun, Kubis Nathalie, Boukobza Monique, Arnoult Minh, Massin Pascale, Tournier-Lasserve Elisabeth, Bousser Marie-Germaine
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Recently COL4A1, a gene encoding the type IV collagen alpha1 chain, has been found to be involved in families with autosomal-dominant porencephaly and infantile hemiparesis. In addition to neonatal stroke, some family members had experienced, during adulthood, spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages (ICHs) and leukoencephalopathy, suggestive of underlying small-vessel disease of the brain....
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