CADASIL: pathogenesis, clinical and radiological findings and treatment

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Autor(a) principal: André,Charles
Data de Publicação: 2010
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)
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Resumo: Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is the most common genetic cause of ischemic strokes and a most important model for the study of subcortical vascular dementia. This unrelentlessly progressive disease affects many hundreds of families all over the world but is not well studied in Brazil. This manuscript reviews pathogenetic, clinical, radiological and therapeutic features of CADASIL. The causal mutations are now very well known, but the same can not be said about its intimate pathogenetic mechanisms. The variable clinical presentation should lead physicians to actively pursue the diagnosis in many settings and to more thouroughly investigate family history in first degree relatives. A rational approach to genetic testing is however needed. Treatment of CADASIL is still largely empiric. High-quality therapeutic studies involving medications and cognitive interventions are strongly needed in CADASIL.
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title CADASIL: pathogenesis, clinical and radiological findings and treatment
spellingShingle CADASIL: pathogenesis, clinical and radiological findings and treatment
André,Charles
CADASIL
etiology
genetics
diagnosis
therapeutics
title_short CADASIL: pathogenesis, clinical and radiological findings and treatment
title_full CADASIL: pathogenesis, clinical and radiological findings and treatment
title_fullStr CADASIL: pathogenesis, clinical and radiological findings and treatment
title_full_unstemmed CADASIL: pathogenesis, clinical and radiological findings and treatment
title_sort CADASIL: pathogenesis, clinical and radiological findings and treatment
author André,Charles
author_facet André,Charles
author_role author
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv CADASIL
etiology
genetics
diagnosis
therapeutics
topic CADASIL
etiology
genetics
diagnosis
therapeutics
description Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is the most common genetic cause of ischemic strokes and a most important model for the study of subcortical vascular dementia. This unrelentlessly progressive disease affects many hundreds of families all over the world but is not well studied in Brazil. This manuscript reviews pathogenetic, clinical, radiological and therapeutic features of CADASIL. The causal mutations are now very well known, but the same can not be said about its intimate pathogenetic mechanisms. The variable clinical presentation should lead physicians to actively pursue the diagnosis in many settings and to more thouroughly investigate family history in first degree relatives. A rational approach to genetic testing is however needed. Treatment of CADASIL is still largely empiric. High-quality therapeutic studies involving medications and cognitive interventions are strongly needed in CADASIL.
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