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Movement disorder due to aceruloplasminemia and incorrect diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis

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Abbreviations

HA:

hereditary aceruloplasminemia

HD:

Huntington’s disease

HH:

hereditary hemochromatosis

NBIA:

Neurodegenerations with Brain Iron Accumulation

PKAN:

Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration

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  1. Istituto di Neurologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia

    Alfonso Fasano MD

  2. Istituto di Neurologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Largo Agostino Gemelli, 8 - 00168, Roma, Italia

    Anna Rita Bentivoglio MD, PhD & Cesare Colosimo

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Fasano, A., Bentivoglio, A.R. & Colosimo, C. Movement disorder due to aceruloplasminemia and incorrect diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis. J Neurol 254, 113–114 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-006-0289-6

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