Pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), also known as Hallervorden-Spatz disease, is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder associated with iron accumulation in the brain. Clinical features include extrapyramidal dysfunction, onset in childhood, and a relentlessly progressive course. Mutations in PANK2 gene encoding the mitochondrial pantothenate kinase have been found in patients.
Hartig MB, Hortnagel K, Garavaglia B, Zorzi G, Kmiec T, Klopstock T, Rostasy K, Svetel M, Kostic VS, Schuelke M, Botz E, Weindl A, Novakovic I, Nardocci N, Prokisch H, Meitinger T
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Genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of PANK2 mutations in patients with neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation.
