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CADASIL: Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 Sept 1997
Ruchoux M M, Maurage C A
Abstract excerpt
Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a recently identified cause of stroke and vascular dementia. It is a condition of mid-adulthood due to mutations of Notch 3 gene on chromosome 19. Whereas the disease was first reported in European families, since 1993 CADASIL has been observed in American, African and Asiatic pedigrees, suggesting that today,...
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