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Familial cerebral cavernous angioma: a gene localized to a 15-cM interval on chromosome 7q.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jun 1996
Gil-Nagel A, Dubovsky J, Wilcox K J, Stewart J M, Anderson V E, Leppik I E, Orr H T, Johnson E W, Weber J L, Rich S S
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral cavernous angiomas are collections of closely clustered vessels without intervening normal brain parenchyma, with microscopic evidence of hemorrhage, frequently multiple; they are best visualized with magnetic resonance imaging. Familial cerebral cavernous angioma occurs as an autosomal dominant disorder, although carriers of the gene are often asymptomatic. Recently, a gene responsible for familial...
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