The eye-of-the-tiger sign is not a reliable disease marker for Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-222

  Baumeister, F A M ^a   Auer, D P ^b   Hortnagel K ^c   Freisinger, P ^a   Meitinger, T ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye of the tiger sign; Hallervorden Spatz syndrome; Pantothenate kinase 2

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; PANTOTHENATE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HALLERVORDEN SPATZ DISEASE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALLERVORDEN-SPATZ SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23644462058     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865714     Document Type: Article

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