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Symptomatic striopallidodentate calcinosis (Fahr’s syndrome) in a thalassemic patient with hypoparathyroidism

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  1. Neurogenetics Unit, 1st Department of Neurology, University of Athens Medical School, Eginition Hospital, 74 Vas. Sophias Ave., 11528, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Koutsis, Georgia Karadima & Marios Panas

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Koutsis, G., Karadima, G. & Panas, M. Symptomatic striopallidodentate calcinosis (Fahr’s syndrome) in a thalassemic patient with hypoparathyroidism. Ann Hematol 94, 897–899 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-014-2251-5

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