Familial occurrence and heritable connective tissue disorders in cervical artery dissection

Conclusions:
In this largest series of patients with CeAD to date, family history of symptomatic CeAD was rare and inherited connective tissue disorders seemed exceptional. This finding supports the notion that CeAD is a multifactorial disease in the vast majority of cases.

Source: Neurology - November 24, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Debette, S., Goeggel Simonetti, B., Schilling, S., Martin, J. J., Kloss, M., Sarikaya, H., Hausser, I., Engelter, S., Metso, T. M., Pezzini, A., Thijs, V., Touze, E., Paolucci, S., Costa, P., Sessa, M., Samson, Y., Bejot, Y., Altintas, A., Metso, A. J., H Tags: Stroke in young adults, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Carotid artery dissection, Risk factors in epidemiology, All Genetics ARTICLE Source Type: research