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Ultrastructural changes in microvessels in familial hemiplegic migraine with CACNA1A mutation.
Clinical neuropathology - 1 Jan 2000
Dziewulska Dorota, Kierdaszuk Biruta
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Familial hemiplegic migraine type 1 (FHM1) due to mutations in the CACNA1A gene is known as functional vascular disorder with cerebellar atrophy. We describe a case of a FHM1 family in which pathological changes occurred in both brain neuroimaging and skin and muscle biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 5 of 18 affected family members, brain MRI scans revealed hyperintense changes in the cerebral white matter....
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