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pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration

info · Genetic · ICD-10: G23.0

A neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation that has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive inheritance of mutation in the PANK2 gene on chromosome 20p13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Elevated circulating creatine kinase activity
  • Seizure
  • Elevated circulating alkaline phosphatase concentration
  • Incoordination
  • Chorea
  • Cerebral cortical atrophy
  • Eye of the tiger anomaly of globus pallidus
  • Gait disturbance
  • Dystonia
  • Dysarthria

Also known as: Hallervorden-Spatz disease; Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome; NBIA1; Pigmentary pallidal degeneration; brain Iron Accumulation type I syndrome