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Novel WDR45 Mutation and Pathognomonic BPAN Imaging in a Young Female With Mild Cognitive Delay.
Pediatrics - 1 Sept 2015
Long Michelle, Abdeen Nishard, Geraghty Michael T, Hogarth Penelope, Hayflick Susan, Venkateswaran Sunita
Abstract excerpt
β-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN) is a recently identified X-linked dominant form of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation caused by mutations in the WDR45 gene. BPAN commonly presents as global developmental delay in childhood with rapid onset of parkinsonism and dementia in early adulthood and associated pathognomonic changes seen on brain MRI. In this case report, we present a...
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