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Management of Patient with Moyamoya Disease

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A 45-year-old male patient with moyamoya disease is scheduled for a superficial temporal to middle cerebral artery bypass. He has a past medical history of hypertension and stroke with residual left arm weakness.

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Nammour, E., Nada, E. (2020). Management of Patient with Moyamoya Disease. In: Prabhakar, H., Rajan, S., Kapoor, I., Mahajan, C. (eds) Problem Based Learning Discussions in Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0458-7_13

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