Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation: A cautionary tale

European Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-68

  Pearce, J M S ^a,b  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain iron accumulation; National; Neuroaxonal swellings; Research ethics; Socialism

Indexed keywords

IRON; PANTHOTHENATE KINASE 2; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSTONIA; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR);

EID: 33748483067     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095149     Document Type: Short Survey

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