Prevalence and clinicoepidemiological features of moyamoya disease in Japan: Findings from a nationwide epidemiological survey

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-47

  Kuriyama, Shinichi ^a   Kusaka, Yasuko ^b   Fujimura, Miki ^a   Wakai, Kenji ^c   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^d   Hashimoto, Shuji ^e   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a   Inaba, Yutaka ^f   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology

^e FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Japan; Moyamoya disease; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 38149058397     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.490714     Document Type: Article

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