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Iron leakage owing to blood-brain barrier disruption in small vessel disease CADASIL.
Neurology - 1 Sept 2020
Uchida Yuto, Kan Hirohito, Sakurai Keita, Arai Nobuyuki, Inui Shohei, Kobayashi Susumu, Kato Daisuke, Ueki Yoshino, Matsukawa Noriyuki
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship among iron accumulation, blood-brain barrier (BBB) damage, and cognitive function in patients with cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL). METHODS: We enrolled 21 patients with NOTCH3 mutations and 21 age-matched healthy controls in this cross-sectional study. All participants underwent global physical and...
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