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Prospective Screening of Extracranial Systemic Arteriopathy in Young Adults with Moyamoya Disease.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 20 Oct 2020
Jee Tae Keun, Yeon Je Young, Kim Sung Mok, Bang Oh Young, Kim Jong-Soo, Hong Seung-Chyul
Abstract excerpt
Background RNF213 is a major susceptibility gene for moyamoya disease (MMD), characterized by chronic progressive steno-occlusion of the intracranial arteries. However, coincidental extracranial arteriopathy is sporadically described in a few cases and in children with MMD. Methods and Results This study prospectively enrolled 63 young adults (aged 20-49 years) without a known history of systemic vascular...
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