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Novel compound heterozygous mutations in the PANK2 gene in a Chinese patient with atypical pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Jul 2005
Zhang Yu-hu, Tang Bei-sha, Zhao Ai-ling, Xia Kun, Long Zhi-gao, Guo Ji-feng, Westaway Shawn K, Hayflick Susan J
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the presence of mutations in the pantothenate kinase (PANK2) gene in a 27-year-old male Chinese patient with atypical pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), formerly Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome. Automated DNA sequence analyses revealed compound heterozygous mutat...
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