Speech-language patterns in a child with moya moya disease.

Moya Moya disease is a cerebrovascular condition associated with occlusion of the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery along with the appearance of an abnormal net-like system of collateral blood vessels. This paper presents a description beginning in 1973 over a 6-yr. period of the speech-language performance of a Caucasian female diagnosed with the disease.