Article
Frequency and phenotypes of cutaneous vascular malformations in a consecutive series of 417 patients with familial cerebral cavernous malformations.
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 1 Sept 2009
Sirvente J, Enjolras O, Wassef M, Tournier-Lasserve E, Labauge P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial cerebral cavernous malformations (FCCM) are vascular malformations inherited as an autosomal-dominant condition. Three genes (KRIT1/CCM1, MGC4607/CCM2, PDCD10/CCM3) have been identified so far. Extra-neurological manifestations include retinal and cutaneous vascular malformations. The cutaneous vascular malformation, which had been more specifically associated with FCCM, is hyperkeratotic...
Topics
- Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins
- Biopsy
- Carrier Proteins
- Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations
- Humans
- KRIT1 Protein
- Membrane Proteins
- Microtubule-Associated Proteins
- Mutation
- Phenotype
