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Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification: Fahr’s Syndrome, a Rare Disorder

Fahr’s syndrome is a rare neurological disorder with varied clinical manifestations. It is characterized by the progressive deposition of calcium in the walls of the blood vessels of basal ganglia and dentate nuclei of the cerebellum in young and middle-aged people. It is important for neurologists,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Thillaigovindan, Ranjani, Arumugam, Eswaran, Rai, Rathika, R, Prabhu, Kesavan, R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6839755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31772865
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5895
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Sumario:Fahr’s syndrome is a rare neurological disorder with varied clinical manifestations. It is characterized by the progressive deposition of calcium in the walls of the blood vessels of basal ganglia and dentate nuclei of the cerebellum in young and middle-aged people. It is important for neurologists, geneticists, psychiatrists, dentists, and other appropriate care specialists to have a thorough knowledge of this syndrome as any of them could be the first person to diagnose the disease. This case report of Fahr’s syndrome presents the signs and symptoms of the patient and the treatment for oral conditions were done.