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Type III collagen mutations cause fragile cerebral arteries.
British journal of neurosurgery - 1 Jan 1991
Pope F M, Kendall B E, Slapak G I, Kapoor R, McDonald W I, Compston D A, Mitchell R, Hope D T, Millar-Craig M W, Dean J C
Abstract excerpt
Premature vascular aneurysms and fragility of cerebral arteries are commonly associated with type III collagen mutations and physical signs suggesting a generalized abnormality of connective tissue. Sometimes these traits are clearly genetically transmitted. Here we present seven examples of early cerebrovascular aneurysms or fragility including five examples of carotid cavernous sinus aneurysms. With one...
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