title: Small vessel vasculopathies affecting the central nervous system.
abstract: Small vessel diseases affecting the central nervous system are common causes of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. Diseases affecting the small vessels are due either to abnormalities in the content of the vessel or to abnormalities in the vessel wall. Causes include atherosclerosis, inflammatory vasculitides, and noninflammatory vasculopathies such as postpartum angiopathy, cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL), Susac syndrome, and Sneddon syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hôpital Lariboisière, 10 Rue Ambroise Pare, 75010 Paris, France. Mg.bousser@lrb.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Marie-Germaine
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bousser
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Biousse
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008833:Microcirculation; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology