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Different clinical phenotypes in monozygotic CADASIL twins with a novel NOTCH3 mutation.
Stroke - 1 Jun 2009
Mykkänen Kati, Junna Maija, Amberla Kaarina, Bronge Lena, Kääriäinen Helena, Pöyhönen Minna, Kalimo Hannu, Viitanen Matti
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: CADASIL is a hereditary arteriopathy causing recurrent strokes and cognitive decline. Because monozygotic twins have identical genetic background, differences in their environment and lifestyle could reveal factors that may influence CADASIL patients' clinical course, which is highly variable even within the same family. METHODS: We describe differences in clinical and imaging findings in...
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