| Diagnosis of CADASIL disease in normotensive and non-diabetics with lacunar infarct. | |
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PMID: 21345538 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: CADASIL (Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy) is characterized by recurrent cerebral ischemic episodes of the lacunar subtype usually without traditional vascular risk factors. We investigated the frequency of CADASIL among selected patients with cerebral ischemia of the lacunar subtype. METHODS: we studied patients under 65 years old who presented cerebral ischemia of the lacunar subtype without hypertension, diabetes mellitus or other causes that explained the cerebral ischemia. On the skin biopsies, we performed immunostaining analysis on 5μm frozen sections with monoclonal antibody anti-Notch 3 (1E4). We also performed a genetic analysis of the Notch 3 gene (exons 3,4,5,6,11 and 19). RESULTS: of 1.519 patients analyzed, only 57 (3.7%) fulfilled the selection criteria, and 30 of them accepted to participated in the study. We studied 30 patients, mean age was 53 years (range 34 to 65), 50% were men and all patients suffered a lacunar stroke. Immunostaining analysis was positive in two patients (6.6%) and the genetic analysis confirmed a mutation characteristic of CADASIL in exon 4 nt 622C/T (Arg 182 Cys) and 694 T/C (Cys206Arg) respectively. CONCLUSIONS: CADASIL disease was present in 6.6% of patients younger than 65 years with a lacunar stroke and without hypertension or diabetes mellitus. Screening for CADASIL should be considered in these patients. |
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D Cocho; J Martí-Fàbregas; M Baiget; E Gallardo; E Rio; A Arboix; J Ruscalleda; J L Martí-Vilalta |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-2-21 |
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Title: Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain) Volume: - ISSN: 0213-4853 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-2-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9005460 Medline TA: Neurologia Country: - |
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Languages: ENG; SPA Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2010 Sociedad Española de Neurología. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved. |
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Servicio de Neurología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España. |
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Diagnóstico de la enfermedad de CADASIL en pacientes normotensos y no diabéticos con infarto lacunar. |
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