Case report: MR spectroscopy in pantothenate kinase-2 associated neurodegeneration

Case report: MR spectroscopy in pantothenate kinase-2 associated neurodegeneration

We report a case of a 13-year-old girl with Hallervorden-Spatz disease (HSD) or pantothenate kinase-2 associated neurodegeneration (PKAN). HSD is a rare neurodegenerative disorder, which is characterized by a rapidly progressive extrapyramidal syndrome, dementia with optic atrophy, and retinal degen...

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Main Authors: Umesh C Parashari, Pallavi Aga, Anit Parihar, Ragini Singh, Vindhya Joshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2010-07-01
Series:Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
Subjects:
basal ganglia
dystonia
hallervorden–spatz disease
iron deposition
magnetic resonance spectroscopy
pkan
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.69353

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