Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) is the most common type of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA), a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive extrapyramidal dysfunction (dystonia, rigidity, choreoathetosis), iron accumulation on the brain and axonal spheroids in the central nervous system.
PHARC syndrome
PLA2G6-associated neurodegeneration +
progressive encephalopathy with leukodystrophy due to DECR deficiency
Hallervorden-Spatz disease
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Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome
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NBIA1
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PKAN
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brain iron accumulation type I syndrome
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neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 1
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neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type 1
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pigmentary pallidal degeneration
Related Synonyms:
Pkan neuroaxonal dystrophy, juvenile-onset
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neuroaxonal dystrophy, late infantile