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Amyloid angiopathy

Amyloid angiopathy: Introduction

Amyloid angiopathy: A blood vessel disorder caused by abnormal amyloid deposits in the blood vessel walls of the brain. The deposits can cause the blood vessel to become weak and rupture resulting in intracranial bleeding. Despite the potentially serious consequences the disorder is often asymptomatic until old age. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Amyloid angiopathy is available below.

Symptoms of Amyloid angiopathy

• Brain hemorrhage
• Dementia
• Asymptomatic
• Narrowed blood vessel
• Neurological symptoms due to bleeding in the brain
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• Failure to diagnose Amyloid angiopathy
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Amyloid angiopathy: Complications

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• Hemorrhagic stroke (type of Stroke)
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Causes of Amyloid angiopathy

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Amyloid angiopathy

Medical research articles related to Amyloid angiopathy include:

• (1) Guidelines for prevention of stroke in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. (2) Update to the AHA/ASA recommendations for the prevention of stroke in patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack.
• Cardiovascular Disease in England: Opportunities and Challenges Over the Next Ten Years
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Prion protein cerebral amyloid angiopathy
• CJD
• Creutzfeld-Jakob disease
• Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
• Guidelines for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in adults. 2007 update: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council, High Blood Pressure Research Council, and the Quality of Care and Out
• more research...»

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Research about Amyloid angiopathy

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Statistics for Amyloid angiopathy

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Amyloid angiopathy: Broader Related Topics

• Genetic conditions
• Metabolic conditions
• Circulatory system conditions
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Types of Amyloid angiopathy

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Definitions of Amyloid angiopathy:

Amyloid angiopathy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Amyloid angiopathy, or a subtype of Amyloid angiopathy, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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