Visualization of Moyamoya Vessels Using Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Sonography: A Case Report

Ryosuke Doijiri; Nobuharu Furuya

doi:10.7759/cureus.91835

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Visualization of Moyamoya Vessels Using Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Sonography: A Case Report

Ryosuke Doijiri

Nobuharu Furuya

Cureus · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Ryosuke Doijiri

Department of Neurology (R.D.), Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.

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Nobuharu Furuya

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Ryosuke Doijiri, Nobuharu Furuya (2025). Visualization of Moyamoya Vessels Using Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Sonography: A Case Report. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.91835

Visualization of Moyamoya Vessels Using Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Sonography: A Case Report

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