Cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy

A heterogeneous group of disorders that includes sporadic and familial forms, characterised clinically by cerebral ischemia (see brain ischemia), cerebral infarction, and cerebral hemorrhage. Pathologically the condition is marked by the deposition of amyloid in the walls of small blood vessels in the cerebral cortex and meninges. The sporadic form is associated with lobar cerebral haemorrhage in the elderly and alzheimer disease.

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cerebral amyloid angiopathy

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A heterogeneous group of sporadic or familial disorders characterized by amyloid deposits in the walls of small and medium sized blood vessels of cerebral cortex and meninges. ...

cerebral amyloid angiopathies

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A heterogeneous group of sporadic or familial disorders characterized by amyloid deposits in the walls of small and medium sized blood vessels of cerebral cortex and meninges. ...

familial cerebral amyloid angiopathy

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A familial disorder marked by amyloid deposits in the walls of small and medium sized blood vessels of cerebral cortex and meninges.

cerebral amyloid angiopathy

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A heterogeneous group of disorders that includes sporadic and familial forms, characterized clinically by cerebral ischemia (see brain ischemia), cerebral infarction, and cerebral ...

familial cerebral amyloid angiopathy

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A familial condition marked by the deposition of amyloid in the walls of small blood vessels in the cerebral cortex and meninges and characterized clinically by cerebral ischemia ...

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