Abstract
A predisposing weakness of the vessel wall has been assumed in patients with spontaneous cervical artery dissections (sCAD). Skin biopsies from many patients with sCAD show mild connective tissue alterations. However, their assessment depends on an invasive and highly specialized technique. Clinical signs of connective tissue disease are absent in the majority of CAD patients. In this review we document that only very few CAD patients are affected by known inherited connective tissue disorders like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome or Osteogenesis Imperfecta. In a second part of this review we discuss the possible role of unrecognized or unknown forms of connective tissue disorders in the etiology of CAD.
Keywords: Connective Tissue, spontaneous cervical artery dissections (sCAD), Osteogenesis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, etiology
Current Molecular Medicine
Title: The Association of Connective Tissue Disorders with Cervical Artery Dissections
Volume: 9 Issue: 2
Author(s): Caspar Grond-Ginsbach and Stephanie Debette
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Keywords: Connective Tissue, spontaneous cervical artery dissections (sCAD), Osteogenesis, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, etiology
Abstract: A predisposing weakness of the vessel wall has been assumed in patients with spontaneous cervical artery dissections (sCAD). Skin biopsies from many patients with sCAD show mild connective tissue alterations. However, their assessment depends on an invasive and highly specialized technique. Clinical signs of connective tissue disease are absent in the majority of CAD patients. In this review we document that only very few CAD patients are affected by known inherited connective tissue disorders like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome or Osteogenesis Imperfecta. In a second part of this review we discuss the possible role of unrecognized or unknown forms of connective tissue disorders in the etiology of CAD.
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Grond-Ginsbach Caspar and Debette Stephanie, The Association of Connective Tissue Disorders with Cervical Artery Dissections, Current Molecular Medicine 2009; 9 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156652409787581547
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156652409787581547 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5666 |
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