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Analysis of candidate genes at the IBGC1 locus associated with idiopathic basal ganglia calcification ("Fahr's disease").
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Jan 2007
Oliveira J R M, Sobrido M J, Spiteri E, Hopfer S, Meroni G, Petek E, Baquero M, Geschwind D H
Abstract excerpt
Basal ganglia calcification (striatopallidodentate calcifications) can be caused by several systemic and neurological disorders. Familial Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification (IBGC, "Fahr's disease"), is characterized by basal ganglia and extrabasal ganglia calcifications, parkinsonism and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Because of an increased use of neuroimaging procedures, calcifications of the basal ganglia are...
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