Is inadequate family history a barrier to diagnosis in CADASIL?

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 323-326

  Razvi, Saif S M ^a   Davidson, R ^b   Bone, I ^a   Muir, K W ^c  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b West of Scotland Regional Genetics Service   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy; Family history

Indexed keywords

CADASIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIGRAINE; MOOD DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CADASIL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27444432634     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00495.x     Document Type: Review

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