Advances in inherited and clinical research of pantothenate kinase⁃associated neurodegeneration

Pantothenate kinase ⁃ associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is a major form of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation or NBIA (formerly called Hallervorden ⁃ Spatz syndrome). NBIA is caused by altered neuronal mitochondrial lipid metabolism caused by PANK2 mutations disrupting PANK2 protein le...

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Main Authors: Xiao⁃yuan LI, Xian⁃wen CHEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tianjin Huanhu Hospital 2012-06-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/352