Article
CADASIL in central Italy: a retrospective clinical and genetic study in 229 patients.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2015
Bianchi Silvia, Zicari Enza, Carluccio Alessandra, Di Donato Ilaria, Pescini Francesca, Nannucci Serena, Valenti Raffaella, Ragno Michele, Inzitari Domenico, Pantoni Leonardo, Federico Antonio, Dotti Maria Teresa
Abstract excerpt
The objective of the study is to detail clinical and NOTCH3 gene mutational spectrum in a large group of Italian CADASIL patients. Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a familial cerebral small vessels disease caused by mutations in the NOTCH3 gene on 19p13 usually presenting in young or middle adulthood. Characteristic features include migraine,...
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