Identical twins with Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification ("Fahr's Disease") presenting with a remarkably similar pattern of neuroimaging findings

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 396-397

  Oliveira, J R M ^a   Lima Filho, J L ^a   Zatz, M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME 14; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAHR DISEASE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LETTER; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROIMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; FAMILY; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 67349277105     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.06.006     Document Type: Letter

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