Susceptibility-weighted imaging changes suggesting brain iron accumulation in Huntington's disease: an epiphenomenon which causes diagnostic difficulty

Eur J Neurol. 2014 Feb;21(2):e16-7. doi: 10.1111/ene.12298.

Authors

A Macerollo¹, R Perry, M Stamelou, A Batla, A A Mazumder, M E Adams, K P Bhatia

Affiliation

¹ Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.

PMID: 24571106
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12298

No abstract available

Keywords: NBIA; juvenile Huntington's disease.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain / metabolism
Brain / pathology*
Humans
Huntington Disease / metabolism
Huntington Disease / pathology*
Iron / metabolism*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Young Adult

Substances

Iron