Moyamoya disease in Italian monozygotic twins

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1332-1335

  Andreone, Vicenzo ^a   Ciarmiello, A ^b   Fusco, C ^a   Ambrosanio, G ^a   Florio, C ^d   Linfante, I ^c  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Genetics; Human leukocyte antigen; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Monozygotic twins; Moyamoya; Stroke

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032880708     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.6.1332     Document Type: Article

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