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Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, usually called CADASIL, is an inherited condition that affects small arteries (blood vessels) mainly in the brain. An abnormality in the smooth muscle cells surrounding these blood vessels causes the gradual destruction of these cells, which can lead to migraines, stroke-like episodes, dementia, and other impairments of normal brain function. CADASIL patients are also at increased risk of heart attack (m... 
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Dementia is not a specific disease. It is a descriptive term for a collection of symptoms that can be caused by a number of disorders that affect the brain. People with dementia have significantly impaired intellectual functioning that interferes with normal activities and relationships. They also lose their ability to solve problems and maintain emotional control, and they may experience personality changes and behavioral problems, such as agitation, delusions, and hallucinations. While memory ...
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CADASIL as related to Dementia
- CADASIL - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Notch 3 mutations in CADASIL, a hereditary adult-onset condition causing stroke and dementia. Nature 1996;383:707-710. PMID 8878478 ^ a b Chabriat H, Vahedi K, Iba-Zizen MT, et al.
- CADASIL Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders ...
By age 65, the majority of persons with CADASIL have severe cognitive problems and dementia. Some people lose the ability to walk and most ...
- CADASIL - Genetics Home Reference
Recurrent strokes can progressively damage the brain, causing loss of intellectual function (dementia). CADASIL is not associated with the common risk factors for stroke and heart ...
- TWHH
... emotional and mental disorders, stroke-like episodes, dementia, and other impairments of normal brain function. Patients with CADASIL are ...
- CADASIL -- GeneReviews -- NCBI Bookshelf
... of families with "hereditary multi-infarct dementia," "chronic familial vascular encephalopathy," and "familial subcortical dementia" represent early reports of CADASIL [ Sourander ...
- CADASIL
... with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a hereditary cerebrovascular disease leading to cognitive decline and dementia. CADASIL usually ...
- CADASIL Trust Supporting CADASIL sufferers and their families
CADASIL is the commonest form of hereditary vascular dementia, yet doctors and the public are largely unaware of this illness. This Trust has been set up by Mr Jack Shields, who ...
- The Tangled Neuron: CADASIL: Young Onset Dementia Caused by a Stroke ...
A Layperson Reports on Alzheimer's, Dementia and Memory Loss. ... Summary: CADASIL is a type of stroke disorder that can cause young onset dementia.
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Diffusion tensor imaging of thalamus correlates with cognition in CADASIL without dementia : Electrocardiogram in Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy ...
- CADASIL definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical ...
... that strikes relatively young adults of both sexes and is characterized by multiple strokes, dementia, migraine-like headaches, and psychiatric disturbances. CADASIL is due to ...
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