Idiopathic bilateral strio-pallido-dentate calcinosis (Fahr′s disease): A case report and review of the literature

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 234-237

  Abubakar, S A ^a   Saidu, Suleiman ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Usmanu Danfodioyo University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; calcification; Fahr s disease; hemichorea; strio pallido dentate calcinosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HALOPERIDOL; LISINOPRIL; METFORMIN; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ARM; BASAL GANGLION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOREA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPHAGIA; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROIMAGING; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLURRED SPEECH; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870232676     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.102855     Document Type: Review

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