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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a common cause of cerebral hemorrhage.
Current medicinal chemistry - 1 Jan 2009
Pezzini A, Del Zotto E, Volonghi I, Giossi A, Costa P, Padovani A
Abstract excerpt
Amyloid is a term used to describe protein deposits with circumscript physical characteristics: beta-pleated sheet configuration, apple green birefringence under polarized light after Congo red staining, fibrillary structure and high insolubility. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) defines a clinicopathological phenomenon characterized by amyloid deposition in the walls of leptomeningeal and cortical arteries,...
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