Panthothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN) presenting with language deterioration, personality alteration, and severe parkinsonism

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2012 Fall;24(4):E13-4. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.11090228.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Globus Pallidus / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mutism / etiology*
  • Mutism / genetics
  • Mutism / pathology
  • Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration / complications*
  • Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration / genetics
  • Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration / pathology
  • Parkinsonian Disorders / etiology*
  • Parkinsonian Disorders / genetics
  • Parkinsonian Disorders / pathology
  • Personality Disorders / etiology*
  • Personality Disorders / genetics
  • Personality Disorders / pathology