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Neuroferritinopathy.
Seminars in pediatric neurology - 1 Sept 2006
Burn John, Chinnery Patrick F
Abstract excerpt
Neuroferritinopathy (MIM 606159, also labeled hereditary ferritinopathy and neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type 2, NBIA2) is an adult-onset progressive movement disorder caused by mutations in the ferritin light chain gene (FTL1). Four pathogenic mutations in FTL1 have been described to date; 460insA was our original founder mutation in Cumbria, North West England, where it arose before 1800. The...
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