Research progress on moyamoya disease combined with thyroid diseases.

ABSTRACT: Moyamoya disease (MMD), also known as abnormal cerebral vascular network disease, is characterized by progressive occlusion or stenosis of the internal carotid and cerebral arteries, as well as the formation of an abnormal cerebral vascular network. It can occur anywhere in the world but is most common in China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. In recent years, there have been increasing reports on the coexistence of thyroid diseases and MMD, but the mechanism of their coexistence is still unclear. For this article, we used keywords such as "moyamoya disease", "thyroid", "Grave disease", "thyrotoxicosis", and "thyroid autoimmune antibodies" to search for 52 articles that met the requirements in medical databases such as PubMed and Web of Science. This article also reviews the research on

SUBMITTER: Zhang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10600369 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature