title: Long-term intelligence outcome of post-encephalo-duro-arterio-synangiosis childhood moyamoya patients.
abstract: Long term post-encephalo-duro-arterio-synangiosis (EDAS) intelligence quotient (IQ) evaluated by Wechsler tests stays around the normal range (mean full intelligence quotient (FIQ), verbal intelligence quotient (VIQ) and performance intelligence quotient (PIQ) at 100.0 +/- 155, 100.0 +/- 15.7 and 100.2 +/- 163, respectively) at more than 9.5 years after the operation, provided that the patient has FIQ above 70 pre-operatively. This fact encourages us to employ operative treatment for this difficult disease in which intelligence deterioration has been reported to be a common occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nariai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirakawa
mesh_terms: D002548:Cerebral Revascularization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013997:Time Factors; D014888:Wechsler Scales