Akitsugu Kawashima
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Associate Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Rare and low-frequency variants in RNF213 confer susceptibility to moyamoya syndrome associated with hyperthyroidism.
Journal Formal name:World neurosurgery
Abbreviation:World Neurosurg
ISSN code:(1878-8769)1878-8750(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 127,pp.e460-e466
Author and coauthor Nomura Shunsuke†, Akagawa Hiroyuki, Yamaguchi Koji, Ishikawa Tatsuya, Kawashima Akitsugu, Kasuya Hidetoshi, Mukawa Maki, Nariai Tadashi, Maehara Taketoshi, Okada Yoshikazu, Kawamata Takakazu
Publication date 2019/07
Summary Rare and low-frequency missense variants in RNF213 confer susceptibility to both MMD and hMMS. This finding indicates that susceptibility variants in RNF213 may require additional clinical factors with an effect equivalent to hyperthyroidism, in order to develop moyamoya vasculopathy.
DOI 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.03.172
PMID 30922903