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The clinical and genetic spectrum of primary familial brain calcification.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jun 2023
Carecchio Miryam, Mainardi Michele, Bonato Giulia
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Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC), formerly known as Fahr's disease, is a rare neurodegenerative disease characterized by bilateral progressive calcification of the microvessels of the basal ganglia and other cerebral and cerebellar structures. PFBC is thought to be due to an altered function of the Neurovascular Unit (NVU), where abnormal calcium-phosphorus metabolism, functional and microanatomical...
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