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Differing phenotypes of Moyamoya disease in a familial case involving heterozygous c.14429G > A variant in RNF213.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society - 1 Aug 2015
Inoue Takeshi, Murakami Nobuyuki, Sakadume Satoru, Kido Yasuhiro, Kikuchi Astuo, Ichinoi Natsuko, Suzuki Kensuke, Kure Shigeo, Sakuta Ryoichi
Abstract excerpt
Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a chronic steno-occlusive arteriopathy involving the development of abnormal collateral vessels. Ring finger protein (RNF213) on the 17q25.3 locus was identified as an MMD-susceptibility gene in East Asian populations. We report a 5-year-old Japanese boy diagnosed with cerebral infarction and unilateral MMD. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) showed severe stenosis of the left internal...
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