2021 Japanese Guidelines for the Management of Moyamoya Disease: Guidelines from the Research Committee on Moyamoya Disease and Japan Stroke Society

• Published in: Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 165 - 170
• Main Authors: ENDO, Hidenori, FUJIMURA, Miki, TOMINAGA, Teiji, KURODA, Satoshi, OGASAWARA, Kuniaki, the Guideline Committee 2021 of the Japan Stroke Society, TAKAHASHI, Jun C., Research Committee on Moyamoya Disease (Spontaneous Occlusion of Circle of Willis) of the Ministry of Health, Labor Welfare, Japan, MIYAMOTO, Susumu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japan Neurosurgical Society 15.04.2022; THE JAPAN NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETY; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Cerebral Revascularization; guideline; Humans; Japan; management; Moyamoya disease; Moyamoya Disease - diagnosis; Moyamoya Disease - therapy; revascularization surgery; Special Topic; Stroke - diagnosis; Stroke - etiology; Stroke - therapy; Treatment Outcome; Japan; revascularization surgery; management; guideline; moyamoya disease

[Introduction] The angiographic characteristics of moyamoya disease (MMD) were first reported in 1957 as hypogenesis of bilateral internal carotid arteries (ICAs). Then, the concept of MMD was established as an independent disease entity in the 1960s. MMD is characterized by chronic progressive sten...