Catalog

Familial dementia, British type

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Familial dementia, British type – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1314005795

This is a disease of the blood vessels in which amyloid deposits form in the walls of the blood vessels of the cerebrum. It is due to a point mutation in the stop codon of the ITM2B (or BRI2) gene. As of 2000, about 40 cases had been documented.