Idiopathic basal ganglia calcifications: An atypical presentation of PKAN

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 351-354

  Wu, Yvonne W ^a   Hess, Christopher P ^a   Singhal, Nilika S ^a   Groden, Catherine ^b   Toro, Camilo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

basal ganglia; calcification; dystonia; eye of the tiger; Fahr disease; genetics; neurodegeneration; PANK2; pantothenate kinase; PKAN

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PANTOTHENATE KINASE 2;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSTONIA; EXOME; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC BASAL GANGLIA CALCIFICATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASAL GANGLIA; CALCIFICATION; DYSTONIA; EYE OF THE TIGER; FAHR DISEASE; GENETICS; NEURODEGENERATION; PANK2; PANTOTHENATE KINASE; PKAN;

ADOLESCENT; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PANTOTHENATE KINASE-ASSOCIATED NEURODEGENERATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR);

EID: 84886719252     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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