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brain small vessel disease 4

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A brain small vessel disease characterized by schemic and/or hemorrhagic events in the brain that result in neurologic symptoms and deficits, progressive movement disorders, gait abnormalities, dysarthria, and cognitive decline that has_material_basis_in homoz

A brain small vessel disease characterized by schemic and/or hemorrhagic events in the brain that result in neurologic symptoms and deficits, progressive movement disorders, gait abnormalities, dysarthria, and cognitive decline that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the NIT1 gene on chromosome 1q23.

Signs and symptoms

  • Mild intellectual disability
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Hemiparesis
  • Basal ganglia cysts
  • Generalized-onset seizure
  • Increased urinary sulfite level
  • Lacunar stroke
  • Schizophrenia
  • Dilation of Virchow-Robin spaces
  • Spasticity