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[CARASIL: Identification of the clinical concept].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Nov 2010
Fukutake Toshio
Abstract excerpt
CARASIL (Cerebral autosomal recessive arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy) is the second known single-gene disorder directly affecting cerebral small vessels. The acronym CARASIL was proposed by Bowler and Hachinski (1994), based on its recessive inheritance and resemblance to CADASIL (R instead of D). The first CARASIL patients were most probably described in preliminary reports in...
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