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First Report: Rare RNF213 Variant Associated with Familial Moyamoya Disease in an African American Family.
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 1 Dec 2021
Sunmonu N Abimbola, Ambati Naveen Kumar, Thomas Matthew J, Ulep Robin D, Worrall Bradford
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate potential genetic susceptibility for moyamoya disease (MMD) in an African American family. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Neurovascular imaging and analyses of MMD susceptibility genes RNF213 and/or ACTA2 in a young proband with MMD and two first-degree relatives. RESULTS: The proband presented with pseudobulbar affect and chorea, then had a right hemispheric ischaemic stroke and rapidly fatal...
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