A Novel Heterozygous Variant in Exon 19 of NOTCH3 in a Saudi Family with Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy
Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL; OMIM #125310) is the most common cause of monogenic familial cerebral small vessel disease. It typically manifests at middle adulthood with highly variable clinical features including migraine with aura, recurrent transient ischemic attacks or ischemic strokes, mood disorders, and progressive cognitive decline. It is caused by mutations in the NOTCH3 gene, which maps to the short arm of chromosome 19 and encode for epidermal growth factor-like repeats.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Hussein Algahtani, Bader Shirah, Suzan Y. Alharbi, Mohammad H. Al-Qahtani, Angham Abdulrahman Abdulkareem, Muhammad Imran Naseer Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
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