Moyamoya disease in China

Abstract

Moyamoya disease (MMD) was considered to be rare in China. With the tremendous improvement of medical care over the past 30 years, especially with the current universal availability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and digital subtraction angiography (DSA), more MMD has been diagnosed. Data concerning its pathophysiological features, clinical presentation, and treatment have been reviewed. The ethnical difference between Chinese and Japanese or Korean seemed not be so large as previously believed [1]. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Tokyo.