Mondo Description Hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis (HCHWA), Icelandic type is a form of HCHWA characterized by an age of onset of 20-30 years, systemic amyloidosis and recurrent lobar intracerebral hemorrhages.

Uniprot Description A hereditary generalized amyloidosis due to cystatin C amyloid deposition. Cystatin C amyloid accumulates in the walls of arteries, arterioles, and sometimes capillaries and veins of the brain, and in various organs including lymphoid tissue, spleen, salivary glands, and seminal vesicles. Amyloid deposition in the cerebral vessels results in cerebral amyloid angiopathy, cerebral hemorrhage and premature stroke. Cystatin C levels in the cerebrospinal fluid are abnormally low.

Disease Ontology Description A cerebral amyloid angiopathy that has_material_basis_in an autosomal dominant mutation of CST3 on chromosome 20p11.21.