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Role of electron microscopy in the diagnosis of cadasil syndrome: a study of 32 patients.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Morroni Manrico, Marzioni Daniela, Ragno Michele, Di Bella Paolo, Cartechini Elisabetta, Pianese Luigi, Lorenzi Teresa, Castellucci Mario, Scarpelli Marina
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is caused by NOTCH3 gene mutations that result in vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) degeneration. Its distinctive feature by electron microscopy (EM) is granular osmiophil...
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