PubMed · 9480333
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P Langeron. 1997. ["CADASIL"].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9480333/
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CADASIL (Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leucoencephalopathy) is a newly discovered inherited cerebrovascular disease characterized clinically by recurrent stroke-like incidents, dementia and often pseudobulbar palsy. Neuroimaging reveals intensive subcortical changes and pathologically one finds apparently systemic changes concerning the vessels such as thickening of the vessel wall, loss of smooth muscle cells and patches of granular material of unknown origin. The disease is not associated with atherosclerosis and vascular risk factors are missing or few. The CADASIL-locus maps to chromosome 19, but the gene has not yet been identified. Treatment and pathogenesis are unknown. In a Danish stroke population (The Copenhagen Stroke Study) no CADASIL-suspected cases were found among patients < or = 55 years, indicating a rare disease as far as Denmark is concerned.
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