Article
Familial cerebral cavernous malformations: Rio de Janeiro study and review of the recommendations for management.
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria - 1 Dec 2008
Domingues Flávio, Gasparetto Emerson L, Andrade Ricardo, Noro Fabio, Eiras Antônio, Gault Judith, Correia Carlos Eduardo Silva, de Souza Jorge Marcondes
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Multiple cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is the hallmark of familial presentation of cavernous malformation in the brain. We describe an ongoing Familial Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Project in the Rio de Janeiro state showing genetic profile and the pattern of emergent neuroi...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Cohort Studies
- Family
- Female
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Humans
- Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
- KRIT1 Protein
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging