Teaching NeuroImages: Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation in aceruloplasminemia
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Teaching NeuroImages: neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation in aceruloplasminemia.
A 55-year-old African Canadian man with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and alcohol abuse presented with diabetic ketoacidosis. Progressive cognitive decline over the previous 5 years resulted in long-term care placement. Aside from pigmentary retinopathy, general examination was unremarkable. MRI demonstrated iron accumulation in the brain (figure 1) and liver (figure 2A). Ceruloplasmin, a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000435557.21319.ad