Moyamoya disease presenting with tubular dysfunction in a child: pitfalls in diagnosing an atypical hyponatremic-hypertensive syndrome

• Main Authors: Maria Luisa Conte (Author), Claudio La Scola (Author), Francesca Mencarelli (Author), Beatrice Filippini (Author), Elena Fabbri (Author), Valentina Ragnoni (Author), Elisa Ravaioli (Author), Andrea Pasini (Author), Gianluca Vergine (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Moyamoya disease, a cause of pediatric stroke, has been shown to affect furthermore extra-cranial districts, mostly the kidney arterial site, resulting in steno-occlusive changes. Unilateral renal artery stenosis accounts for 8%-10% out of cases of renovascular hypertension in ch...