Fahr syndrome, a rare neurodegenerative disorder

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-71

  Vahedi, Payman ^a   Mohajernezhad, Zahra ^b   Zeinali, Ali ^c   Pourakbar, Ebrahim ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Bandarabas University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Calcification; Cerebellum; Fahr's syndrome; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 67651177983     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNQ.0b013e31818d19aa     Document Type: Article

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