Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration
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Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration or Hallervorden Spatz disease is a rare disease primarily characterized by extrapyramidal symptoms and dementia, or extreme forgetfullness. Hallervorden-Spatz disease is degenerative brain disease, meaning the longer a person has it the worse the effects become. Scientists think it is caused by a build up of too much Iron in the brain.
Symptoms [change]
The effects of the disease usually start at a young age and often result in a quick death. Some effects include:
- Shaking of the arms and legs
- Weakness
Other pages [change]
- ICD G 23.0
- Defining Mutation Found in Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome
- 1H MR Spectroscopy and Relaxometry for the Determination of Iron and Metabolite Concentrations in Hallerworden-Spatz Syndrome Patients
- Zumrova Alena et al. 2005. First cases in the Czech Republic of the Hallervorden-Spatz Disease resulting from mutation in the Pantothenate Kinase 2 Gene Neuroendocrinology Letters No.3:26
