Basal ganglia calcifications (Fahr's syndrome): related conditions and clinical features

G Donzuso, G Mostile, A Nicoletti, M Zappia - Neurological sciences, 2019 - Springer
Basal ganglia calcifications could be incidental findings up to 20% of asymptomatic patients
undergoing CT or MRI scan. The presence of neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with …

Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (Fahr's disease)

AA Mufaddel, GA Al-Hassani - Neurosciences Journal, 2014 - nsj.org.sa
Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (Fahr's disease) is a rare neurodegenerative
disorder characterized by symmetrical and bilateral calcification of the basal ganglia …

Deconstructing Fahr's disease/syndrome of brain calcification in the era of new genes

A Batla, XY Tai, L Schottlaender, R Erro, B Balint… - Parkinsonism & related …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction There are now a number genes, known to be associated with familial primary
brain calcification (PFBC), causing the so called 'Fahr's' disease or syndrome. These are …

Phenotypic spectrum of probable and genetically-confirmed idiopathic basal ganglia calcification

G Nicolas, C Pottier, C Charbonnier… - Brain, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification is characterized by mineral deposits in the brain, an
autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance in most cases and genetic heterogeneity. The first …

MRI demonstration and CT correlation of the brain in patients with idiopathic intracerebral calcification

E Avrahami, DF Cohn, M Feibel, R Tadmor - Journal of neurology, 1994 - Springer
Abstract Twenty-two patients aged 36–63 years were diagnosed as having Fahr's syndrome
on the basis of the presence on CT of unexpected extensive calcification of the basal …

Fahr's syndrome: literature review of current evidence

S Saleem, HM Aslam, M Anwar, S Anwar… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2013 - Springer
Fahr's disease or Fahr's syndrome is a rare, neurological disorder characterized by
abnormal calcified deposits in basal ganglia and cerebral cortex. Calcified deposits are …

Mutations in SLC20A2 are a major cause of familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification

SC Hsu, RL Sears, RR Lemos, B Quintáns, A Huang… - Neurogenetics, 2013 - Springer
Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC) or Fahr's disease is a rare
neurodegenerative disorder characterized by calcium deposits in the basal ganglia and …

The genetics of primary familial brain calcification: a literature review

SY Chen, CJ Ho, YT Lu, CH Lin, MY Lan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC), also known as Fahr's disease, is a rare inherited
disorder characterized by bilateral calcification in the basal ganglia according to …

Contribution of CT scan to the diagnosis of Fahr's syndrome

AD Kazis - Acta neurologica scandinavica, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
Of 7040 patients who were examined with CT scan for various reasons, 72 (1.02%) showed
symmetrical intracranial calcifications. On the basis of the extent of the calcifications, the …

Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (Fahr's disease) without neurological, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms is not linked to the IBGC1 locus on …

H Brodaty, P Mitchell, G Luscombe, JB Kwok… - Human genetics, 2002 - Springer
Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC) is characterised by radiological, neurological,
cognitive and psychiatric abnormalities. The associations between these abnormal …