Editorial. A terrible border wall: a study of pediatric moyamoya exposes socioeconomic barriers to care in the United States

Edward R. Smith MD1
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  • 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Contributor Notes

Correspondence Edward R. Smith: edward.smith@childrens.harvard.edu.

INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online March 25, 2022; DOI: 10.3171/2022.1.PEDS226.

Disclosures The author reports no conflict of interest.

ACCOMPANYING ARTICLE DOI: 10.3171/2022.1.PEDS21339.

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    Ferriero DM, Fullerton HJ, Bernard TJ, et al. Management of stroke in neonates and children: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2019;50(3):e51–e96.

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    Titsworth WL, Scott RM, Smith ER. National analysis of 2454 pediatric moyamoya admissions and the effect of hospital volume on outcomes. Stroke. 2016;47(5):1303–1311.

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