Moya moya vasculopathy and MECP2 duplication syndrome.

Background: Moya moya type vasculopathy (MMV) is a rare disorder in which there is narrowing of bilateral intracranial carotid arteries (Scott and Smith in New Engl J Med 360(12):1226-1237, 2009). MECP2 duplication syndrome (MDS) is a rare genetic disorder that is caused by genetic duplications on Xq28 chromosome (Expanding the clinical picture of the MECP2 duplication syndrome. (Lim et al.