A pilot trial of deferiprone in pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration patients
Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is the most common form of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation, it is an autosomal recessive disease due to mutation in PANK 2 on chromosome 20, which causes the accumulation of iron in basal ganglia and production of free radicals t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-02-01
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| Series: | Neurology International |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/ni/article/view/7279 |