Moyamoya disease

Moyamoya disease, or moyamoya disease, is also called abnormal brain blood vessel network. It is a group of cerebrovascular diseases characterized by narrowing or occlusion of the internal carotid artery siphon and the anterior and middle cerebral arteries. . It is named because of the appearance of many densely packed small blood vessels during cerebrovascular angiography, which are like smoke emitted from smoking.

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