Linkage of familial moyamoya disease (spontaneous occlusion of the circle of willis) to chronosome 17q25

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 31; no. 4; p. 930
• Main Authors: Yamauchi, Tohru, Tada, Mitsuhiro, Houkin, Kiyohiro, Tanaka, Toshihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown American Heart Association, Inc 01.04.2000

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Moyamoya disease is a cerebrovascular disease of unknown cause that mainly affects Japanese children. The incidence of familial occurrence accounts for 9% of cases. The characteristic lesions of moyamoya disease are occasionally seen in neurofibromatosis type 1, of which the...