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Mutation in cystatin C gene causes hereditary brain haemorrhage

Palsdottir, A ; Abrahamson, Magnus LU orcid ; Thorsteinsson, L ; Arnason, A ; Olafsson, Isleifur ; Grubb, Anders LU orcid and Jensson, O (1988) In The Lancet 332(8611). p.603-604
Abstract
Hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy (HCCAA) is an autosomal dominant disorder in which a cysteine proteinase inhibitor, cystatin C, is deposited as amyloid fibrils in the cerebral arteries of patients and leads to massive brain haemorrhage and death in young adults. A full length cystatin C cDNA probe revealed a mutation in the codon for leucine at position 68 which abolishes an Alu I restriction site in the cystatin C gene of HCCAA patients. The Alu I marker has been used to show that this mutation is transmitted only in affected members of all eight families investigated, and that the mutated cystatin C gene causes HCCAA.
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8611
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1474-547X
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10.1016/S0140-6736(88)90641-1
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  abstract     = {{Hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy (HCCAA) is an autosomal dominant disorder in which a cysteine proteinase inhibitor, cystatin C, is deposited as amyloid fibrils in the cerebral arteries of patients and leads to massive brain haemorrhage and death in young adults. A full length cystatin C cDNA probe revealed a mutation in the codon for leucine at position 68 which abolishes an Alu I restriction site in the cystatin C gene of HCCAA patients. The Alu I marker has been used to show that this mutation is transmitted only in affected members of all eight families investigated, and that the mutated cystatin C gene causes HCCAA.}},
  author       = {{Palsdottir, A and Abrahamson, Magnus and Thorsteinsson, L and Arnason, A and Olafsson, Isleifur and Grubb, Anders and Jensson, O}},
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  series       = {{The Lancet}},
  title        = {{Mutation in cystatin C gene causes hereditary brain haemorrhage}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(88)90641-1}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0140-6736(88)90641-1}},
  volume       = {{332}},
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