Bilateral striopallidodentate calcification (Fahr's syndrome) and multiple system atrophy in a patient with longstanding hypoparathyroidism

Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-456

  Preusser, Matthias ^a,c   Kitzwoegerer, Melitta ^b   Budka, Herbert ^a   Brugger, Stefan ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b University Clinics St Pölten   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Brain; Calcification; Multiple system atrophy; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

AGED; ALPHA SYNUCLEINOPATHY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; TETANY; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AUTOPSY; CALCINOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; SYNDROME;

EID: 34648827909     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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