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ArticleJournal of neurology2019

Histopathology of Moyamoya angiopathy in a European patient.

Markus Kraemer, Kathy Keyvani, Peter Berlit, Frank Diesner, Michael Marquardt

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Article in Journal of neurology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Markus KraemerDepartment of Neurology, Alfried Krupp Hospital, Alfried-Krupp-Str. 21, 45117, Essen, Germany. markus.kraemer@krupp-krankenhaus.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5667-3621
Kathy KeyvaniInstitute of Neuropathology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Peter BerlitDepartment of Neurology, Alfried Krupp Hospital, Alfried-Krupp-Str. 21, 45117, Essen, Germany.
Frank DiesnerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Alfried Krupp Hospital, Essen, Germany.
Michael MarquardtInstitute of Neuropathology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Alfried Krupp Hospital · DEUniversity of Duisburg-Essen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeMoyamoya angiopathy (MMA) is rare outside Asia. Little is known about pathophysiology in European patients. This study aims to elucidate the histopathology of non-Asian MMA and its similarities and differences to those cases from Asia.

methodsHere, we present a 57-year-old European woman with MMA and describe the post-mortem examination results of the brain and cerebral arteries.

resultsHistopathological findings in cerebral blood vessels were identical to those found in Asians. This included thickening and undulation of the internal elastic lamina as well as fibrocellular thickening and proliferation of smooth muscle cells of the intima in the distal segments of the internal carotid arteries and in proximal and middle segments of the anterior and middle cerebral arteries. Collateral vessels showed fragmented internal elastic lamina and thinning of the media with isolated microaneurysms.

conclusionsHistopathological changes found in this European patient are identical with those described in Asians. Despite suspected different genetic triggers and unknown pathophysiological cascades, MMA in Europeans seems to result in a common final pathway compared with the disease in Asians.

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Cerebral HemorrhageEndothelium, VascularFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMoyamoya DiseaseAutopsyEuropeansHistopathologyMoyamoya angiopathy

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