Open AccessT2* and FSE MRI distinguishes four subtypes of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation
Author(s) -
Alisdair McNeill,
Daniel Birchall,
Susan J. Hayflick,
Allison Gregory,
J. Schenk,
Earl A. Zimmerman,
HF Shang,
Hiroaki Miyajima,
Patrick F. Chinnery
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.91
H-Index - 364
eISSN - 1526-632X
pISSN - 0028-3878
DOI - 10.1212/01.wnl.0000310985.40011.d6
Subject(s) - point of care testing , medicine , pleural effusion , pleural fluid , litmus , nuclear medicine , radiology , pathology , chemistry
Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) defines a group of genetic disorders characterized by brain iron deposition and associated with neuronal death. The known causes of NBIA include pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), neuroferritinopathy, infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD), and aceruloplasminemia.