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A Founder Mutation as a Cause of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation in Hispanic Americans
Günel M, Awad I, Finberg K, Anson J, Steinberg G, Batjer H, Kopitnik T, Morrison L, Giannotta S, Nelson-Williams C, Lifton R. A Founder Mutation as a Cause of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation in Hispanic Americans. New England Journal Of Medicine 1996, 334: 946-951. PMID: 8596595, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199604113341503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCavernous malformationsCerebral cavernous malformationsSporadic casesFamilial diseaseSame mutationSporadic cavernous malformationsDevelopment of symptomsHispanic AmericansCerebral hemorrhageVascular diseaseAsymptomatic carriersHigh prevalenceClinical casesMalformationsDiseaseFounder mutationPatientsAge dependenceAffected membersKindredsMarkersMexican descentEthnic groupsMutationsSame allele
1996
Genetic Heterogeneity of Inherited Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
Günel M, Awad I, Finberg K, Steinberg G, Craig H, Cepeda O, Nelson-Williams C, Lifton R. Genetic Heterogeneity of Inherited Cerebral Cavernous Malformation. Neurosurgery 1996, 38: 1265-1271. DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199606000-00059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic analysisCauses of CCMsCerebral cavernous malformationsHuman chromosome 7Second geneIndependent inheritanceMutant geneChromosome 7Genetic markersGenesLong armGenetic heterogeneityMutationsCavernous malformationsInheritanceFamilyAutosomal dominant transmissionClinical featuresGenetic testingDominant transmissionKindredsMarkersNon-Hispanic familiesMalformationsDisordersGenetic heterogeneity of inherited cerebral cavernous malformation.
Günel M, Awad I, Finberg K, Steinberg G, Craig H, Cepeda O, Carol N, Lifton R. Genetic heterogeneity of inherited cerebral cavernous malformation. Neurosurgery 1996, 38: 1265-71. PMID: 8727164, DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199606000-00059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic analysisCauses of CCMsCerebral cavernous malformationsHuman chromosome 7Second geneIndependent inheritanceMutant geneChromosome 7Genetic markersGenesLong armGenetic heterogeneityMutationsCavernous malformationsInheritanceFamilyAutosomal dominant transmissionClinical featuresGenetic testingDominant transmissionKindredsMarkersNon-Hispanic familiesMalformationsDisorders