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A novel heterozygous mutation in the NOTCH3 gene causing CADASIL.
Swiss medical weekly - 18 Oct 2008
Andreadou Elisabeth, Papadimas Ggeorge, Sfagos Constantinos
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is an identifiable cause of inherited stroke among young adults, characterised by diffuse leukoencephalopathy with prominent involvement of the temporal poles and external capsule. The disease is caused by mutations in the NOTCH3 gene encoding a NOTCH3 receptor protein. The clinical course is relentlessly...
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