Strio-pallido-dentate calcinosis: A diagnostic approach in adult patients

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 537-545

  Bonazza, Sara ^a   La Morgia, Chiara ^a   Martinelli, Paolo ^a   Capellari, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Calcifications; Fahr's disease; Familial idiopathic strio pallido dentate calcinosis; Strio pallido dentate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES WITH CALCIFICATION; DYSKINESIA; FAHR DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; STRIOPALLIDODENTATE CALCINOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM METABOLISM DISORDERS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENTATE GYRUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053969208     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0514-7     Document Type: Review

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