Moyamoya disease and protein S deficiency: A case report

A 2-year-old child who acutely developed hemiplegia and seizure was found to have moyamoya disease and heterozygous protein S deficiency. This case report should alert physicians to the possible coexistence of moyamoya disease and protein S deficiency, even in the case of typical moyamoya disease. T...

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Published inPediatric neurology Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 171 - 173
Main Authors Charuvanij, Araya, Laothamatas, Jiraporn, Torcharus, Kitti, Sirivimonmas, Somkiet
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.09.1997
Elsevier
Subjects
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - blood supply
Brain - pathology
Cerebral Angiography
Child, Preschool
Genetic Carrier Screening
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Moyamoya Disease - diagnosis
Moyamoya Disease - genetics
Neurology
Protein S Deficiency - diagnosis
Protein S Deficiency - genetics
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tropical medicine
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
Human
Nervous system diseases
Nishimoto Kudo disease
Radiodiagnosis
Angiography
Deficiency
Cardiovascular disease
Male
Hemopathy
Cerebral disorder
Vascular disease
Case study
Central nervous system disease
Diagnosis
Child
Coagulopathy
Cerebrovascular disease
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Summary:A 2-year-old child who acutely developed hemiplegia and seizure was found to have moyamoya disease and heterozygous protein S deficiency. This case report should alert physicians to the possible coexistence of moyamoya disease and protein S deficiency, even in the case of typical moyamoya disease. The intimate relationship between the two require further study.
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ISSN:0887-8994
1873-5150
DOI:10.1016/S0887-8994(97)00072-6