Prevalence and clinical characteristics of stroke patients with p.R544C NOTCH3 mutation in Taiwan

Features of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarct and leukoencephalopathy ( CADASIL) caused by NOTCH3 mutations vary between ethnicities and regions. In Taiwan, more than 70% of CADASIL patients carry the mutation hot spot of p.R544C. We investigated the prevalence of NOTCH3 p.R544C mutation in stroke patients in Taiwan