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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: MedlinePlus Medical …

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a condition in which proteins called amyloid build up on the walls of the arteries in the brain. CAA causes bleeding into the brain ( hemorrhagic stroke) and dementia. Causes People with CAA have deposits of amyloid protein in the …

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy Information | Mount Sinai - New York

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a condition in which proteins called amyloid build up on the walls of the arteries in the brain. CAA increases the risk for stroke caused by …

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is also known as congophilic angiopathy or cerebrovascular amyloidosis. It is a disease of small blood vessels in the brain in which …

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy - StatPearls …

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a type of cerebrovascular disorder characterized by the accumulation of …

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy - Wikipedia

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Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy - Medscape

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) refers to the deposition of β-amyloid in the media and adventitia of small and mid-sized arteries (and, less frequently, veins) of the …

Hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy: …

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People with hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy often have progressive loss of intellectual function (dementia), stroke, and other neurological problems starting in mid-adulthood. Due to …

Diagnosis of Cerebral Amyloid …

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CAA is defined by histopathology—deposition of β-amyloid in the cerebrovasculature—and through the 1980s the disorder was only diagnosed in patients with available brain tissue from hematoma …

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy - UpToDate

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is characterized by amyloid beta-peptide deposits within small- to medium-sized blood vessels of the brain and leptomeninges. …

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy: diagnosis and potential …

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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is characterized by the pathologic deposition of amyloid-beta within cortical and leptomeningeal arteries, arterioles, capillaries and, in rare cases, …