A rare PANK2 deletion in the first north African patient affected with pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration

J Neurol Sci. 2020 Mar 15:410:116639. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2019.116639. Epub 2019 Dec 19.
No abstract available

Keywords: Brain iron accumulation; NBIA; Neurodegeneration; North Africa; PANK2.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Brain / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Iron
  • Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration* / genetics
  • Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)* / genetics
  • Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)* / metabolism

Substances

  • Iron
  • Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)
  • pantothenate kinase