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Amyloidosis, cerebroarterial

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is group of autosomal dominant disorders with variable penetrance caused by mutations in various genes which are named according their geographic preponderance.

Systematic

Hereditary amyloidosis
ATTR amyloidosis
Amyloidosis, cerebroarterial
Amyloidosis, cerebroarterial, Britisch type
ITM2B
Amyloidosis, cerebroarterial, Danish type
ITM2B
Amyloidosis, cerebroarterial, Dutch type
APP
Amyloidosis, cerebroarterial, Icelandic type
CST3
Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome
Familial Mediterranean fever
Finnish type Amyloidosis
Hereditary renal amyloidosis

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Smith DB et al. (1985) Cerebral amyloid angiopathy presenting as transient ischemic attacks. Case report.

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Stefansson K et al. (1980) Autosomal dominant cerebrovascular amyloidosis: properties of peripheral blood lymphocytes.

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Mandybur TI et al. (1978) Fatal massive intracerebral hemorrhage complicating cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

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Gudmundsson G et al. (1972) Hereditary cerebral haemorrhage with amyloidosis.

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None () Cerebral amyloid angiopathy. A critical review.

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KIDD HA et al. (1947) Cerebral angiomata in an Icelandic family.

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Cohen DH et al. (1983) Amyloid fibril in hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis (HCHWA) is related to the gastroentero-pancreatic neuroendocrine protein, gamma trace.

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Grubb A et al. (1984) Abnormal metabolism of gamma-trace alkaline microprotein. The basic defect in hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis.

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Hochwald GM et al. (1985) Abnormal metabolism or reduced transport of CSF gamma-trace microprotein in hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis.

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Ghiso J et al. (1986) Hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy: the amyloid fibrils contain a protein which is a variant of cystatin C, an inhibitor of lysosomal cysteine proteases.

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Jensson O et al. (1987) Hereditary cystatin C (gamma-trace) amyloid angiopathy of the CNS causing cerebral hemorrhage.

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Ghiso J et al. (1986) Amyloid fibrils in hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis of Icelandic type is a variant of gamma-trace basic protein (cystatin C).

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Abrahamson M et al. (1987) Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA coding for the precursor of the human cysteine proteinase inhibitor cystatin C.

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Palsdottir A et al. (1988) Mutation in cystatin C gene causes hereditary brain haemorrhage.

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Jensson O et al. (1989) The saga of cystatin C gene mutation causing amyloid angiopathy and brain hemorrhage--clinical genetics in Iceland.

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Löfberg H et al. () Immunohistochemical characterization of the amyloid deposits and quantitation of pertinent cerebrospinal fluid proteins in hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis.

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Abrahamson M et al. (1992) Hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy: identification of the disease-causing mutation and specific diagnosis by polymerase chain reaction based analysis.

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None (1998) Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: prospects for clinical diagnosis and treatment.

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Graffagnino C et al. (1994) A molecular genetic study of intracerebral hemorrhage.

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Roosen N et al. (1985) Intracerebral hemorrhage due to cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Case report.

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van Duinen SG et al. (1987) Hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis in patients of Dutch origin is related to Alzheimer disease.

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