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Genetic and clinical characteristics of Moyamoya disease in Europeans.
Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement - 1 Jan 2011
Krischek Boris, Kasuya Hidetoshi, Khan Nadia, Tatagiba Marcos, Roder Constantin, Kraemer Markus
Abstract excerpt
The European form of Moyamoya disease clearly differs from the Asian form. Clinically the timing of vasculopathy onset and a lower rate of hemorrhage are striking as compared to the Asian Moyamoya disease.Single nucleotide polymorphisms that play a role in atherosclerosis, vascular growth and transformation processes have been found to be associated with the European form. Candidate gene associations found in...
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