Article
Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) disease: from monogenic forms to genetic susceptibility factors.
Journal of neurosurgical sciences - 1 Sept 2015
Trapani E, Retta S F
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a vascular disease of proven genetic origin, which may arise sporadically or can be inherited as autosomal dominant condition with incomplete penetrance and highly variable expressivity. CCM lesions manifest across a range of different phenotypes, including wide interindividual differences in lesion number, size and susceptibility to intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and may...
Topics
- Central Nervous System Neoplasms
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System
- Humans
