Moyamoya disease: report of three cases in Brazilian patients

Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a chronic occlusive cerebrovascular disease of unknown etiology reported mainly in the Japanese. Most cases occur in children. The disease is rare in non-Oriental adults manifesting itself mostly as intracerebral hemorrhages. We describe MMD in 2 non-Oriental young adults a...

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Main Authors: CLÉLIA MARIA RIBEIRO FRANCO, MARCIA MAIUMI FUKUJIMA, ROBERTO DE MAGALHÃES CARNEIRO DE OLIVEIRA, ALBERTO ALAIN GABBAI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1999-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1999000300005&tlng=en
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