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A variation in PANK2 gene is causing Pantothenate kinase-associated Neurodegeneration in a family from Jammu and Kashmir - India.
Scientific reports - 5 Jul 2017
Angural Arshia, Singh Inderpal, Mahajan Ankit, Pandoh Pranav, Dhar Manoj K, Kaul Sanjana, Verma Vijeshwar, Rai Ekta, Razdan Sushil, Kishore Pandita Kamal, Sharma Swarkar
Abstract excerpt
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration is a rare hereditary neurodegenerative disorder associated with nucleotide variation(s) in mitochondrial human Pantothenate kinase 2 (hPanK2) protein encoding PANK2 gene, and is characterized by symptoms of extra-pyramidal dysfunction and accumulation of non-heme iron predominantly in the basal ganglia of the brain. In this study, we describe a familial case of...
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