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Reversible Cerebral Angiopathy after Viral Infection in a Pediatric Patient with Genetic Variant of RNF213.
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 1 Feb 2020
Echizenya Ikuma, Tokairin Kikutaro, Kawabori Masahito, Kazumata Ken, Houkin Kiyohiro
Abstract excerpt
Ring finger protein (RNF) 213 is known as a susceptibility gene for moyamoya disease (MMD), which is characterized by bilateral carotid folk stenosis. Cerebral angiopathy after viral infection has been known to present angiographical appearance resembling MMD, however its pathogenesis and genetic background are not well known. We report a case of reversible cerebral angiopathy after viral infection in a pediatric...
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