Open AccessHallervorden-Spatz disease
Author(s) -
Maseumeh Dashti,
Ahmad Chitsaz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced biomedical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-9175
DOI - 10.4103/2277-9175.140623
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , extrapyramidal disorder , dementia , parkinson's disease , pathology
Hallervorden-Spatz disease (HSD) is a rare disorder characterized by progressive extrapyramidal dysfunction and dementia. Hallervorden and Spatz first described the disease, in 1922 as a form of familial brain degeneration characterized by iron deposition in the brain. Here we present four HSD cases with different clinical pictures