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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
Hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis-Dutch type is caused by a mutation at codon 693 of the beta amyloid precursor protein gene. The disease is clinically characterized by strokes and dementia. In addition to cerebral plaques, cerebral amyloid angiopathy is the pathological hallmark. We investigated the correlation between radiological (white matter hyperintensities and focal lesions on magnetic resonance images) and pathological lesions (cerebrovascular amyloid angiopathy and plaques) and the apolipoprotein E genotype in patients with the disease. Twenty-five patients were studied using magnetic resonance imaging, and brain tissue from 8 patients was studied histopathologically. Neither the white matter hyperintensity scores nor the number of focal lesions on magnetic resonance images were associated with the presence of an epsilon4 allele. Nor was a correlation found between the number and type of plaques and the apolipoprotein E genotype. All patients had severe amyloid angiopathy in all cortical areas investigated. This study showed that the apolipoprotein E genotype does not modulate amyloid-related structural lesions in hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis of the Dutch type.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0364-5134
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
695-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Dutch hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy: structural lesions and apolipoprotein E genotype.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Leiden University Hospital, the Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't