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Parkinsonism Relat Disord
; 96: 88-90, 2022 03.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35248831
RESUMO
A patient with Parkinson's disease (PD) who was examined as a candidate for DBS was initially rejected due to extensive brain calcifications. Upon second opinion and planning of trajectories she underwent successful surgery. Genetic analyses identified a mutation in SLC20A2, a gene known to cause brain calcifications, but no mutation known to cause PD was found.