Brain iron takes off: A new propeller protein links neurodegeneration with autophagy

Brain

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1687-1689

  Horvath, Rita ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

AUTOPHAGY; BETA PROPELLER PROTEIN ASSOCIATED NEURODEGENERATION; BRAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSARTHRIA; DYSTONIA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHY; NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION; NOTE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PARKINSONISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 84878828447     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt098     Document Type: Note

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