Moyamoya is a rare blood vessel condition that has an outsized impact on children, as it is responsible for about 6 percent of pediatric strokes in the United States. Surgical revascularization is the ...

Moyamoya disease—a rare, progressive condition that narrows the brain's blood vessels—leads to an increased risk of stroke and other neurological conditions. Doctors treating children with moyamoya ...

According to a recent study by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, published in the journal Neurosurgery, women and girls have an increased risk of unfavorable outcomes following surgery for treatment of ...

Moyamoya disease is defined as a rare idiopathic, progressive, bilaterally symmetrical arteriopathy of childhood, resulting in narrowing of distal ICA and proximal ACA/MCA with formation of ...

About 10% of the Moyamoya cases are hereditary, while some cases result from specific genetic mutations. This disease can also be either congenital or acquired. Patients with Down syndrome, sickle ...

Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a disease pattern consisting of bilateral stenosis of the intracranial internal carotid arteries (ICA) accompanied by a network of abnormal collateral vessels that bypass the ...

Moyamoya disease is a rare, progressive cerebrovascular illness caused by blocked arteries in the basal ganglia at the base of the brain. In Japanese, moyamoya means ‘puff of smoke,’ and it refers to ...

Twin girls diagnosed with Moya Moya disease, a relatively uncommon disease, got a news lease of life, thanks to doctors at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Chennai. For the first time in Asia, the Centre ...

An 11-year-old boy from Devanahalli Taluk has made a remarkable recovery from Moyamoya disease, a rare and potentially fatal cerebrovascular disorder, following timely intervention and surgery. The ...