Preferred Name

CADASIL [Disease/Finding]

Synonyms

Dementia, Hereditary Multi-Infarct Type

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000010974

altLabel

Dementia, Hereditary Multi-Infarct Type

CADASIL

Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy

Cerebral Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy

cui

C0751587

MESH DEFINITION

A familial, cerebral arteriopathy mapped to chromosome 19q12, and characterized by the presence of granular deposits in small CEREBRAL ARTERIES producing ischemic STROKE; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY; and multiple subcortical infarcts (CEREBRAL INFARCTION). CADASIL is an acronym for Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy. CADASIL differs from BINSWANGER DISEASE by the presence of MIGRAINE WITH AURA and usually by the lack of history of arterial HYPERTENSION. (From Bradley et al, Neurology in Clinical Practice, 2000, p1146)

MESH DUI

D046589

MeSH name

CADASIL

MESH UI

M0334725

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000010974

NUI

N0000010974

prefLabel

CADASIL [Disease/Finding]

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000000719

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