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SUBMITTER: Luisa SF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6274901 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Luisa Sciacca Francesca SF Rizzo Ambra A Bedini Gloria G Capone Fioravante F Di Lazzaro Vincenzo V Nava Sara S Acerbi Francesco F Rossi Davide Sebastiano DS Binelli Simona S Faragò Giuseppe G Gioppo Andrea A Grisoli Marina M Bruzzone Maria Grazia MG Ferroli Paolo P Pantaleoni Chiara C Caputi Luigi L Gomez Jesus Vela JV Parati Eugenio Agostino EA Bersano Anna A
International journal of molecular sciences 20181120 11
Moyamoya angiopathy (MA) is a cerebrovascular disease determining a progressive stenosis of the terminal part of the internal carotid arteries (ICAs) and their proximal branches and the compensatory development of abnormal "moyamoya" vessels. MA occurs as an isolated cerebral angiopathy (so-called moyamoya disease) or in association with various conditions (moyamoya syndromes) including several heritable conditions such as Down syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 1 and other genomic defects. Althou ...[more]