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Adult-Onset Neurodegeneration With Brain Iron Accumulation and Cortical α-Synuclein and Tau Pathology
Author(s) -
George K. Tofaris,
Tamás Révész,
Thomas S. Jacques,
Savvas Papacostas,
Jeremy Chataway
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3687
pISSN - 0003-9942
DOI - 10.1001/archneur.64.2.280
Subject(s) - neurodegeneration , pathology , substantia nigra , globus pallidus , neuroscience , lewy body , basal ganglia , medicine , parkinson's disease , biology , disease , central nervous system
Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by iron deposition in the basal ganglia and neuroaxonal dystrophy. Familial cases with mutations in the pantothenate kinase gene are associated with a specific phenotype. In contrast, sporadic cases are heterogeneous in their clinical presentation.

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