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Associations of Moyamoya patients with HLA class I and class II alleles in the Korean population.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Dec 2003
Han Hoon, Pyo Chul-Woo, Yoo Do-Sung, Huh Pil-Woo, Cho Kyung-Souk, Kim Dal-Soo
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Moyamoya disease is characterized by progressive cerebrovascular occlusion at the peripheral internal carotid artery and development of abnormal collateral circulation at the cerebral basal region. Although abnormal thrombogenesis, inflammation and autoimmune process might be involved in the etiology, the genetic pathogenesis of Moyamoya disease is still unknown. To evaluate the association of Moyamoya disease...
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