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Normal immunofluorescence pattern of skin basement membranes in a family with porencephaly due to COL4A1 G749S mutation.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Mar 2016
Gasparini Sara, Qualtieri Antonio, Ferlazzo Edoardo, Cianci Vittoria, Patitucci Alessandra, Spadafora Patrizia, Aguglia Umberto
Abstract excerpt
COL4A1 mutations have been associated with cerebral small-vessel disease, including perinatal intracerebral hemorrhage with consequent porencephaly, microbleeds, and lacunar strokes. Moreover, involvement of multiple organs and tissues like kidney, muscle, and large vessels have been reported. Three related patients with porencephaly bearing the G749S mutation in the COL4A1 gene and one healthy control belonging...
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