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Early onset of moyamoya syndrome in a Down syndrome patient with the genetic variant RNF213 p.R4810K.
Brain & development - 1 Sept 2015
Chong Pin Fee, Ogata Reina, Kobayashi Hatasu, Koizumi Akio, Kira Ryutaro
Abstract excerpt
Moyamoya syndrome is a unique progressive occlusive cerebrovascular disease that predisposes affected patients to stroke. We describe the case of a 2-year-old girl presenting with early onset of moyamoya syndrome with concurrent Down syndrome. Genetic testing revealed a heterozygous missense variant of RNF213. RNF213 was recently identified as the first susceptibility gene for moyamoya disease in patients with no...
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