Declining use of the Hallervorden-Spatz disease eponym in the last two decades

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1310-1315

  Zeidman, Lawrence A ^a   Pandey, Dilip K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hallervorden Spatz disease; neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation; neurological eponyms; pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration; World War II

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION; NEUROLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EPONYMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PANTOTHENATE KINASE-ASSOCIATED NEURODEGENERATION; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84866853986     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812449907     Document Type: Article

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