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Pathologically Confirmed Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy with No Radiological Sign in a Patient with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease.
Yonsei medical journal - 1 Aug 2018
Kim Seung Joo, Seo Youjeong, Kim Hee Jin, Na Duk L, Seo Sang Won, Kim Yeshin, Suh Yeon Lim
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is associated with perivascular disruption, which is caused by progressive amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposition in vessels. Previous autopsy studies have shown that the prevalence of CAA in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is 70% to 90%. CAA is principally characterized by restricted lobar microbleeds (MBs), which can be detected by gradient-echo T2* (GRE) and susceptibility-weighted imaging...
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