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Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy with a Novel NOTCH3 Cys323Trp Mutation Presenting Border-Zone Infarcts: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 1 Aug 2016
Tojima Maya, Saito Satoshi, Yamamoto Yumi, Mizuno Toshiki, Ihara Masafumi, Fukuda Hidetoshi
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary and progressive small-vessel disease caused by NOTCH3 mutations, pathologically characterized by the degeneration of vascular mural cells, white matter changes, and ischemic strokes. Recently, dysautoregulation has received increasing attention regarding the pathogenesis of stroke in CADASIL. Here,...
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