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[Differential diagnosis of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy].
Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova - 1 Jan 2000
Moroz A A, Abramycheva N Yu, Stepanova M S, Konovalov R N, Timerbaeva S L, Illarioshkin S N
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarctions and leucoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is an inherited CNS disease, which is caused by mutations in the NOTCH3 gene. Selective disorders of small vessels underlie the disease pathogenesis. Clinically CADASIL is characterized by headaches, multiple stroke-like disorders (in most cases transient ischemic attacks and lacunar strokes), and different...
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