A novel CADASIL-causing mutation in a stroke patient

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 21-22, 2007, Pages 323-325

  Vikelis, Michail ^a,b   Papatriantafyllou, John ^a   Karageorgiou, Clementine E ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant arteriopathy; CADASIL; Cys251 Gly mutation; Exon 5; Ischaemic stroke; Notch 3 gene

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CADASIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CODON; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA ISOLATION; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TENDON REFLEX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 34347366408     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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