Article
New phenotype of the cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy mapped to chromosome 19: migraine as the prominent clinical feature.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Dec 1995
Vérin M, Rolland Y, Landgraf F, Chabriat H, Bompais B, Michel A, Vahedi K, Martinet J P, Tournier-Lasserve E, Lemaitre M H
Abstract excerpt
A survey was carried out on a large family presenting the symptoms of familial arteriopathy (CADASIL) recently mapped to chromosome 19. This is characterised clinically by recurrent subcortical infarcts developing into pseudobulbar palsy and subcortical dementia, and radiologically by early MRI abnormalities. To characterise this familial condition, 43 members older than 20 years and spreading over four...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Cerebral Infarction
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19
- Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
