Autosomal dominant leukoencephalopathy with mild clinical symptoms due to cerebrovascular dysfunctions: A new disease entity?

Brain and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-150

  Hirabayashi, Shinichi ^a   Wada, Takahito ^b   Kondo, Yoshiaki ^a   Arima, Kunimasa ^c  

^a NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant inheritance; CADASIL; Leukoencephalopathy; Migraine; Vasogenic edema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; CADASIL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADASIL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; DEMENTIA, MULTI-INFARCT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 38749088290     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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