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Rare vascular diseases of the brain and eye · CERVCO

The Rare Disease Competence Center for rare vascular diseases of the brain and eye (CCMR-CERVCO), accredited in 2016, specializes in the management of the following rare vascular pathologies of the retina, brain, or spinal cord: CADASIL, familial vascular leukoencephalopathies, cerebral amyloid angiopathies, retinal arteriolar tortuosity, hereditary cerebroretinal vasculopathies with or without mutations in the COL4A1 or TREX1 genes, hereditary retinal and cerebral cavernomas, retinal hemangioblastomas of Von Hippel-Lindau disease, Moyamoya disease, cerebral arteriovenous malformations, familial cerebral aneurysms, cerebral venous thromboses, retinal arteriovenous communications, cervical artery dissections, and hereditary cerebral disorders, IRVAN, familial hemiplegic migraine, Coats' disease, peripheral telangiectatic masses, macular telangiectasias and familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.

It is composed of a multidisciplinary team including neurologists and a neurogeneticist.


Team

Missions

The missions of the CCMR-CERVCO are multiple
  • Expertise and regional resource center in the field
  • Diagnosis and management of rare vascular, brain, and retinal diseases
  • Coordination of multidisciplinary patient care and follow-up
  • Meetings and collaboration with patient associations and medical-social structures
  • Regional training for healthcare professionals
  • Clinical research activities in connection with the reference center in Paris