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  Moyamoya Disease: A Cerebral Disorder of Children

  By Vishali Galhotra, Gaurav Kohli, Manu Kohli

  Abstract: Moyamoya disease is an increasingly recognized arteriopathy associated with cerebral ischemia and has been associated with approximately 6% of childhood strokes. It is characterized by chronic progressive stenosis at the apices of the intracranial internal carotid arteries (ICA), including the proximal anterior cerebral arteries and middle cerebral arteries. Occurring in tandem with reduction in flow in the major vessels of the anterior circulation of the brain, there is compensatory development …

  Published in Journal of Nursing Science & Practice · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2014 · pp. 58–63 Read article →