CADASIL syndrome: a genetic form of vascular dementia.

doi:10.1177/089198879801100205

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CADASIL syndrome: a genetic form of vascular dementia.

Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology - 1 Jan 1998

Salloway S, Hong J

Abstract excerpt

Mental disorders due to cerebral microvascular disease have been known for over 100 years. Recently, an autosomal dominant form of cerebral arteriopathy (CADASIL) has been described in association with a Notch3 family gene on the short arm of chromosome 19. CADASIL causes subcortical lacunar infa...

Topics

Aged
Brain
Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosome Disorders
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19
Dementia, Multi-Infarct
Dementia, Vascular
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Syndrome

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