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Axonal dystrophies.
Handbook of clinical neurology - 1 Jan 2013
Nardocci Nardo, Zorzi Giovanna
Abstract excerpt
The Neuroaxonal Dystrophies (NADs) are a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative conditions. These disorders show the unique pathological feature of neuroaxonal dystrophy (NAD): axonal swelling (spheroids) localized throughout the central nervous and peripheral nervous systems. NADs are also morphologically characterized by iron accumulation in the basal ganglia; and are now included...
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