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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vishnu Vardhan Serla M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

In Japan the overall incidence is higher (0.35 per 100,000).[1] It is more common in women than in men, although about a third of those affected are male .[2] It is a disease that tends to affect children and adults in the third to fourth decades of life. In children it tends to cause strokes or seizures. In adults it tends to cause strokes or bleeding.

References

  1. Wakai K, Tamakoshi A, Ikezaki K; et al. (1997). "Epidemiological features of moyamoya disease in Japan: findings from a nationwide survey". Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 99 Suppl 2: S1–5. doi:10.1016/S0303-8467(97)00031-0. PMID 9409395.
  2. Kuriyama S, Kusaka Y, Fujimura M; et al. (2008). "Prevalence and clinicoepidemiological features of moyamoya disease in Japan: findings from a nationwide epidemiological survey". Stroke. 39 (1): 42–7. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.490714. PMID 18048855.

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