A case of Prader-Willi syndrome with bilateral middle cerebral artery occlusion and moyamoya phenomenon

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 770-773

  Kusuhara, Tomohiko ^a,b   Ayabe, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Hino, Hidetada ^a   Shoji, Hiroshi ^a   Neshige, Rhyuji ^b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yanagawa Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

arteriosclerosis; juvenile stroke; middle cerebral artery occlusion; Moyamoya phenomenon; Prader Willi syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; STROKE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME;

EID: 0029830859     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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