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Brain MRI in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation with and without PANK2 mutations.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 1 Jan 2000
Hayflick S J, Hartman M, Coryell J, Gitschier J, Rowley H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Patients with a clinical diagnosis of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA, formerly called Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome) often have mutations in PANK2, the gene encoding pantothenate kinase 2. We investigated correlations between brain MR imaging changes, mutation status, and clinical disease features. METHODS: Brain MRIs from patients with NBIA were reviewed by 2...
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