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[Carasil].
Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo - 1 Feb 2011
Fukutake Toshio
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral autosomal recessive arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CARASIL) is a single-gene disorder directly affecting the cerebral small blood vessels, that is caused by mutations in the HTRA1 gene encoding HtrA serine peptidase/protease 1 (HTRA1). CARASIL is the second known genetic form of ischemic, nonhypertensive, cerebral small-vessel diseases with an identified gene, following...
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