Friday, July 15, 2011

Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation - Clinical Syndromes And Neuroimaging -

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
Article in Press, doi:10.1016/j.bbadis.2011.06.016

Hyman M. Schipper,
Centre for Neurotranslational Research, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Medicine McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Keywords: Iron, neurotoxic reactive oxygen species, body iron homeostasis, neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA), clinical syndromes and neuroimaging, magnetic resonance scanning, Friedreich ataxia (FA), pantothenate kinase 2-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), PLA2G6-associated neurodegeneration (PLAN), FA2H-associated neurodegeneration (FAHN), Kufor-Rakeb disease (KRD), aceruloplasminemia, neuroferritinopathy.