A pilot trial of deferiprone in pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration patients

• मुख्य लेखकों: Mohammad Rohani (लेखक), Saeed Razmeh (लेखक), Gholam Ali Shahidi (लेखक), Maryam Orooji (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: MDPI AG, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is the most common form of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation, it is an autosomal recessive disease due to mutation in PANK 2 on chromosome 20, which causes the accumulation of iron in basal ganglia and production of free radicals t...