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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Language: | English |
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Tianjin Huanhu Hospital
2012-06-01
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Series: | Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/352 |