Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation [DS:H00833]
Description
Aceruloplasminemia (ACP) is an autosomal recessive disorder associated with severe iron deposition in visceral organ and brain tissues. The clinical symptoms are progressive dementia, extrapyramidal disorders, cerebellar ataxia, and diabetes mellitus. The symptoms appear when patients are between 30 and 50 years old. Patients have serum ceruloplasmin deficiencies and increased serum ferritin concentrations. The genetic defects in the ceruloplasmin gene has been identified in the patients.
Category
Nervous system disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
03 Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
Anaemias or other erythrocyte disorders
Nutritional or metabolic anaemias
3A00 Iron deficiency anaemia
H02206 Aceruloplasminemia
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Cellular process
nt06525 Ferroptosis
H02206 Aceruloplasminemia