Diagnosis and management of hypocalcemia

J Pepe, L Colangelo, F Biamonte, C Sonato… - Endocrine, 2020 - Springer
The aim of this clinical narrative review is to summarize and critically appraise the literature
on the differential diagnosis of hypocalcemia and to provide its correct management …

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 …

Advances in epilepsy gene discovery and implications for epilepsy diagnosis and treatment

JD Symonds, SM Zuberi… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
We are living in an unparalleled era of epilepsy gene discovery. Advances in clinical care
from this progress are already materializing through improved clinical diagnosis and …

FILTUS: a desktop GUI for fast and efficient detection of disease-causing variants, including a novel autozygosity detector

MD Vigeland, KS Gjøtterud, KK Selmer - Bioinformatics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
FILTUS is a stand-alone tool for working with annotated variant files, eg when searching for
variants causing Mendelian disease. Very flexible in terms of input file formats, FILTUS offers …

Brain calcifications: genetic, molecular, and clinical aspects

E Monfrini, F Arienti, P Rinchetti, F Lotti… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Many conditions can present with accumulation of calcium in the brain and manifest with a
variety of neurological symptoms. Brain calcifications can be primary (idiopathic or genetic) …

Identifying and analyzing novel epilepsy‐related genes using random walk with restart algorithm

W Guo, DM Shang, JH Cao, K Feng… - BioMed research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As a pathological condition, epilepsy is caused by abnormal neuronal discharge in brain
which will temporarily disrupt the cerebral functions. Epilepsy is a chronic disease which …

Genetics update: Monogenetics, polygene disorders and the quest for modifying genes

JD Symonds, SM Zuberi - Neuropharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
The genetic channelopathies are a broad collection of diseases. Many ion channel genes
demonstrate wide phenotypic pleiotropy, but nonetheless concerted efforts have been made …

Clinical, molecular, physiologic, and therapeutic feature of patients with CHRNA4 and CHRNB2 deficiency: A systematic review

A Jalaiei, MR Asadi, Y Daneshmandpour… - Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The α4β2 nAChRs are crucial ion channels that control neurotransmitter release and play a
role in various physiologic and pathologic processes. CHRNA4 encodes the α4‐nAChRs …

Severe brain calcification and migraine headache caused by SLC20A2 and PDGFRB heterozygous mutations in a five‐year‐old Chinese girl

H Sun, Z Cao, R Gao, Y Li, R Chen… - … Genetics & Genomic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC) is a rare inheritable
neurodegenerative disease characterized by bilateral calcification in different brain regions …

[HTML][HTML] Refractory focal epilepsy in a paediatric patient with primary familial brain calcification

JK Knowles, JD Santoro, BE Porter, FM Baumer - Seizure, 2018 - Elsevier
Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC), otherwise known as Fahr's disease, is a rare
autosomal dominant condition with manifestations of movement disorders, neuropsychiatric …