Fahr's Disease with Seizure Presentation.
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چکیده
Fahr's disease or Fahr's syndrome is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by abnormal symmetrical calcifications of the basal ganglia, thalami, sub-cortical hemispheric white matter and deep cerebellar nuclei. It can be idiopathic or associated with an endocrinopathy, frequently with parathyroid disorder. Clinical spectrum of the disease is wide ranging from neurological features like seizure, syncope, stroke like events, extra-pyramidal symptoms often combined with frontal sub-cortical pattern of behavioural dysfunction and psychiatric symptoms such as psychosis, mood disorder and dementia. Diagnosis is based on the clinical features, progressive neurological dysfunction, absence of biochemical abnormality and characteristic radiological imaging.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
دوره 64 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016