Posterior circulation intracranial arterial occlusive disease in neurofibromatosis.

نویسندگان

  • S S Gebarski
  • T O Gabrielsen
  • J E Knake
  • J T Latack
چکیده

It is well known that neurofibromatosis is one apparent etiology for the type of intracranial arterial occlusive disease known as moyamoya disease [1-4]. All previously reported cases of neurofibromatosis with moyamoya disease have had involvement only of the intracranial carotid circulation (supraclinoid internal carotid artery, middle cerebral artery, anterior cerebral artery) [1 -4]. We report a case of neuro-

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 4 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1983