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Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Tree Number(s)
C10.228.140.300.510.200.200
C14.907.253.560.200.200
C18.452.845.500.100
Unique ID
D016657
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016657
Annotation
/genet:consider also CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY, FAMILIAL
Scope Note
A heterogeneous group of sporadic or familial disorders characterized by AMYLOID deposits in the walls of small and medium sized blood vessels of CEREBRAL CORTEX and MENINGES. Clinical features include multiple, small lobar CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; cerebral ischemia (BRAIN ISCHEMIA); and CEREBRAL INFARCTION. Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is unrelated to generalized AMYLOIDOSIS. Amyloidogenic peptides in this condition are nearly always the same ones found in ALZHEIMER DISEASE. (from Kumar: Robbins and Cotran: Pathologic Basis of Disease, 7th ed., 2005)
Entry Term(s)
Amyloid Angiopathy, Cerebral
Congophilic Angiopathy
Sporadic Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
NLM Classification #
WL 355
Previous Indexing
Amyloidosis (1974-1991)
Cerebrovascular Disorders (1974-1991)
Public MeSH Note
1992
History Note
1992
Date Established
1992/01/01
Date of Entry
1991/01/24
Revision Date
2009/07/06
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