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. 2020 Sep 26;268(3):810–816. doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-10081-5

Table 1.

Main clinical and neuroimaging features of family members

Patient (sex, age in years)
NOTCH3 variant
Livedo reticularis Age at 1st stroke Neurological manifestations Brain MRI Serology

III:2 (F, 49)

p.(Arg735Ter) (homozygous)

Yes

His.: n.a

3 months

Small vessel stroke

Hemiparesis L; mild cognitive impairment; reduced mobility

Syncopes, urinary incontinency, pseudobulbar palsy with dysphagia and unmotivated laughing

Diffuse WMH

Multiple lacunar infarctions

n.a

III:3 (F, 41)

p.(Arg735Ter) (homozygous)

Yes

His.: normal

5 years

Small vessel stroke

Hemiparesis R, ataxia, mild to moderate memory problems, progressive impairment of mobility, pseudobulbar palsy with dysarthria and unmotivated laughing

Diffuse WMH

Multiple lacunar infarctions

Microbleeds

Normal MR angiography

Anti-phospholipid antibodies negative

II:1 (M, 54 +)

n.a

Yes

His.: n.a

None None n.a n.a

II.2 (F, 72)

p.(Arg735Ter) (heterozygous)

No None None n.a n.a

III:4 (F, 47)

n.a

Yes

His.:n.a

Childhood Hemiparesis L since childhood, dysarthria, impaired mobility, memory problems n.a n.a

III:5 (M, 33)

n.a

Yes

His.: n.a

2 years Hemiparesis R n.a n.a

R right side, L left side, WMH white matter hyperintensities, His histology, n.a. not available,  +  deceased

NOTCH3 complete variant description: NOTCH3: g.chr19:15296161G > A (GRCh37/hg19); c.2203C > T (NM_000435.2); p.(Arg735Ter) (rs773299588)