Two novel Italian CADASIL families from Central Italy with mutation CGC-TGC at codon 1006 in the exon 19 Notch3 gene

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 252-256

  Ragno, M ^b   Fabrizi, G M ^c   Cacchio G ^b   Scarcella, M ^b   Sirocchi, G ^b   Selvaggio, F ^b   Taioli, F ^c   Ferrarini, M ^c   Trojano, Luigi ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b C and G Mazzoni Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CADASIL; Cognitive impairment; Genetics; Neuropsychology; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CADASIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CODON; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXON; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

AGED; ARGININE; CADASIL; CYSTEINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH;

EID: 33749073835     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-006-0679-7     Document Type: Article

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