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Aceruloplasminemia: an update.
International review of neurobiology - 1 Jan 2013
Kono Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
Aceruloplasminemia is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder involving "neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation," which is caused by genetic defects in the ceruloplasmin gene. Ceruloplasmin is a multicopper oxidase with ferroxidase activity that oxidizes ferrous iron following its transfer to extracellular transferrin. In the central nervous system, a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked ceruloplasmin...
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