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ArticleJournal of movement disorders2021

Changes in Cerebral Gray and White Matter in Patients with Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration: A Long-Term Magnetic Resonance Imaging Follow-Up Study.

Pedro Roa-Sanchez, Pamela Bido, Jairo Oviedo, Hans-Jürgen Huppertz, Herwin Speckter, Peter Stoeter

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Article in Journal of movement disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pedro Roa-SanchezDepartment of Neurology, CEDIMAT, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Pamela BidoDepartment of Neurology, CEDIMAT, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Jairo OviedoDepartment of Radiology, CEDIMAT, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Hans-Jürgen HuppertzSwiss Epilepsy Clinic, Klinik Lengg AG, Bleulerstrasse 60, Zürich, Switzerland.
Herwin SpeckterDepartment of Radiology, CEDIMAT, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Peter StoeterDepartment of Radiology, CEDIMAT, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo · DOSwiss Epilepsy Center · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine the volume changes in gray and white matter during a long-term follow-up in patients suffering from pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN).

methodsMagnetic resonance imaging was repeated in 13 patients and 14 age-matched controls after a mean interval of more than 7 years. T1-weighted sequences were evaluated by fully automated atlas-based volumetry, compared between groups and correlated with disease progression.

resultsThe patients did not show generalized cerebral atrophy but did show a significantly faster volume reduction in the globus pallidus during follow-up (between -0.96% and -1.02% per year, p < 0.05 adjusted for false discovery rate) than controls, which was significantly related to the progression in their dystonia scores (p = 0.032).

conclusionThe volume loss in the globus pallidus over time-together with the accumulation of iron known as the "tiger's eye"-supports the pathophysiologic concept of this nucleus as a center of inhibition and its severe malfunction in PKAN.

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Cerebral gray and white matter volumeLong-term follow-upPantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration

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