A diagnostic approach for neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation: clinical features, genetics and brain imaging

ABSTRACT Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) represents a heterogeneous and complex group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by excessive iron accumulation, particularly in the basal ganglia. Common clinical features of NBIA include movement disorders, particula...

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Main Authors: Rubens Paulo Araújo Salomão, José Luiz Pedroso, Maria Thereza Drumond Gama, Lívia Almeida Dutra, Ricardo Horta Maciel, Clécio Godeiro-Junior, Hsin Fen Chien, Hélio A. G. Teive, Francisco Cardoso, Orlando G. P. Barsottini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2016-07-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016000700587&lng=en&tlng=en