Varicose veins associated with CADASIL result from a novel mutation in the Notch3 gene

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 337-339

  Saiki, S ^a,c   Sakai, K ^a   Saiki, M ^a   Kitagawa, Y ^a   Umemori, T ^b   Murata, K ^a   Matsui, M ^a   Hirose, G ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanazawa Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENOMIC DNA; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADASIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; VARICOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADASIL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 33747067434     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000224758.52970.19     Document Type: Article

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