When cerebral infarction with thrombocytopenia occurred again at the age of 39 years, plasma ADAMTS13 activity was less than 5% of normal, as measured by the FRETS-VWF73 assay [8], while ADAMTS13 inhibitor was negative (<0.5 Bethesda units/mL) [9]. This evidence concerns the gene ADAMTS13 and cerebral infarction.