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NBIA Syndromes: A Step Forward from the Previous Knowledge.
Neurology India - 1 Jan 2000
Svetel Marina, Dragašević Nataša, Petrović Igor, Novaković Ivana, Tomić Aleksandra, Kresojević Nikola, Stanković Iva, Kostić Vladimir
Abstract excerpt
A disturbed iron metabolism may damage brain and trigger disorders known as neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA). NBIAs are rare, inherited disorders in which responsible mutations affect the function of proteins that participate in tissue iron homeostasis. Accumulated iron, which may be recognized as a low signal intensity on T2-weighted MRI images, oftentimes points to a diagnosis. Recent...
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