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The condition, known as PANK 2, or Hallervorden-Spatz disease, is progressive and crippling.
Amber Sisson from Nottingham suffers from a rare genetic disorder, known as PANK 2, or Hallervorden-Spatz disease, that is progressive and crippling.
Their laboratory studies, using mice, suggest that genes involved in iron metabolism, or lack thereof, may be the cause of Parkinson's and other diseases in which excessive brain iron has been noted, such as Friedrich's Ataxia, Hallervorden-Spatz disease, and multiple system atrophy (formerly known as olivopontocerebellar atrophy).
 
 
 
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