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[A woman with beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration identified by the WDR45 mutation presenting as Rett-like syndrome in childhood].
No to hattatsu = Brain and development - 1 May 2016
Morisada Naoya, Tsuneishi Syuichi, Taguchi Kazuhiro, Yagi Ryuzaburo, Nishiyama Masahiro, Toyoshima Daisaku, Nakagawa Taku, Takeshima Yasuhiro, Takada Satoshi, Iijima Kazumoto
Abstract excerpt
Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN) is one of the neurodegenerative disorders characterized by iron deposition in the brain and is the only known disease in humans to be caused by an aberration in autophagocytosis. Here, we present the case of a 42-year-old woman with BPAN identified by the WDR45 mutation. From early childhood, she was recognized as having global developmental delay, and...
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