Medical News Article on Neurodegenerative Disease

Research data from G.L. Forni and colleagues update understanding of
neurodegenerative disease

2008 JUN 23 -- "We report the results of iron chelating treatment with
deferiprone in a 61-year-old woman with signs and symptoms of
neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA)," scientists in
Genoa, Italy report.
"After 6 months of therapy the patient's gait had improved and a
reduction in the incidence of choreic dyskinesias was observed," wrote
G.L. Forni and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "Her gait returned to normal after an
additional 2 months of therapy, at which time there was a further
reduction in involuntary movements and a partial resolution of the
blepharospasm."

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Mov Disord. 2008 Apr 30;23(6):904-7. Links
Regression of symptoms after selective iron chelation therapy in a
case of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation.Forni GL,
Balocco M, Cremonesi L, Abbruzzese G, Parodi RC, Marchese R.
Centro della Microcitemia e Anemie Congenite, Ospedale Galliera,
Genoa, Italy. gianluca.forni@galliera.it

We report the results of iron chelating treatment with deferiprone in
a 61-year-old woman with signs and symptoms of neurodegeneration with
brain iron accumulation (NBIA). After 6 months of therapy the
patient's gait had improved and a reduction in the incidence of
choreic dyskinesias was observed. Her gait returned to normal after an
additional 2 months of therapy, at which time there was a further
reduction in involuntary movements and a partial resolution of the
blepharospasm. (c) 2008 Movement Disorder Society.

PMID: 18383118 [PubMed - in process]

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