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Multiple Spontaneous Cerebral Microbleeds and Leukoencephalopathy in PSEN1-Associated Familial Alzheimer's Disease: Mirror of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy?
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2015
Floris Gianluca, Di Stefano Francesca, Cherchi Maria Valeria, Costa Gianna, Marrosu Francesco, Marrosu Maria Giovanna
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral microbleeds (CMB) might reflect specific underlying vascular pathologies like cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). In the present study we report the gradient-echo MRI pattern of two siblings with P284S PSEN1 mutation. T2* gradient-echo images of the two subjects demonstrated multiple microbleeds in lobar regions. The role and causes of CMB in sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients have not been...
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