Fahr's disease, or idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC), is a rare neurological syndrome characterized by abnormal calcified deposits located mostly in bilateral basal ganglia and dentate nucleus, and also...Fahr's disease, or idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC), is a rare neurological syndrome characterized by abnormal calcified deposits located mostly in bilateral basal ganglia and dentate nucleus, and also in cerebral cortex, thalamus, hippocampus, cerebellar, and subcortical white matter. Clinically, it presents various symptoms, including parkinsonism (presented in 57% of the patientsL chorea ( 19%), tremors (8%), dystonia (8%), athetosis (5%)~ and orofacial dyskinesia (3%).展开更多
文摘Fahr's disease, or idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC), is a rare neurological syndrome characterized by abnormal calcified deposits located mostly in bilateral basal ganglia and dentate nucleus, and also in cerebral cortex, thalamus, hippocampus, cerebellar, and subcortical white matter. Clinically, it presents various symptoms, including parkinsonism (presented in 57% of the patientsL chorea ( 19%), tremors (8%), dystonia (8%), athetosis (5%)~ and orofacial dyskinesia (3%).