Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 75-76 , January 2010

Acute Headache Followed by Focal Neuropsychological Impairment in Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL)

  • François Ducray, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology B, Cerebrovascular Unit, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
    • Inserm U842, Lyon, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to François Ducray, MD, Department of Neurology B, Cerebrovascular Unit, Universite Lyon 1, 59 Boulevard Pinal 69394 Lyon Cedex 03 Lyon, France.
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  • Thomas Ritzenthaler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology B, Cerebrovascular Unit, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Tae Hee Cho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology B, Cerebrovascular Unit, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
    • Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Amandine Bruyas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology B, Cerebrovascular Unit, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • François Cotton, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Creatis CNRS UMR 5520-Inserm U 630, Lyon, France
    • Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Stéphanie Cartalat-Carel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology B, Cerebrovascular Unit, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Jérôme Honnorat, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology B, Cerebrovascular Unit, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
    • Inserm U842, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Norbert Nighoghossian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology B, Cerebrovascular Unit, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
    • Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Lyon, France

Received 14 February 2009 ,Accepted 6 March 2009.

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PII: S1052-3057(09)00046-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.03.001

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 75-76 , January 2010

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