Familial occurrence of moya-moya disease: report of three Japanese families.
Three Japanese families with moya-moya disease in six patients are presented. These six patients were among 49 cases of confirmed moya-moya disease in our experience, and the familial incidence was more than 12%. A relatively high familial incidence (7%) was found in the total Japanese series emphasising the important hereditary components in the pathogenesis of the disease.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*