CADASIL
AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY RECURRENT SUBCORTICAL ISCHEMIC STROKE AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy; Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy; Cerebral arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy; Cerebral autosomal dominant ateriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy; Cadasil; Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy syndrome; CADASIL syndrome
CADASIL or CADASIL syndrome, involving cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, is the most common form of hereditary stroke disorder, and is thought to be caused by mutations of the Notch 3 gene on chromosome 19. The disease belongs to a family of disorders called the leukodystrophies.