DOWN-SYNDROME AND MOYAMOYA DISEASE - PRESENTATION WITH SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE

Citation
Se. Aylett et al., DOWN-SYNDROME AND MOYAMOYA DISEASE - PRESENTATION WITH SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, Pediatric neurology, 14(3), 1996, pp. 259-261
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Pediatrics
Journal title
ISSN journal
08878994
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
259 - 261
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-8994(1996)14:3<259:DAMD-P>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Moyamoya disease in childhood is frequently accompanied by manifestati ons of ischemia; cerebral hemorrhage is unusual in patients younger th an 15 years of age, Previous studies suggest an association of childho od moyamoya disease, which is often bilateral, with Down syndrome. Pos sible etiologic factors of moyamoya disease in Down syndrome are discu ssed.