Progressive brain calcifications and signs in a family with the L9R mutation in the PDGFB gene
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- Received May 3, 2016
- Accepted in final form June 2, 2016
- First Published July 6, 2016.
Author Disclosures
- Martin Paucar, MD,
- Håkan Almqvist, MD,
- Ahmed Saeed, MD,
- Gösta Bergendal, PhD,
- Jan Ygge, MD, PhD,
- Staffan Holmin, MD, PhD,
- Ingemar Björkhem, MD, PhD and
- Per Svenningsson, MD, PhD
- Martin Paucar, MD,
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(1) Stockholm County Council
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- Håkan Almqvist, MD,
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- Ahmed Saeed, MD,
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- Gösta Bergendal, PhD,
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- Jan Ygge, MD, PhD,
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Acta Ophthalmologica 2015 (associate editor)
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- Staffan Holmin, MD, PhD,
Advisory board for 2 commercial companies not related to the study
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Endolumina medical access device (not related to the study)
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Research support from the commercial entity Astra Zeneca
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- Ingemar Björkhem, MD, PhD and
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- Per Svenningsson, MD, PhD
CBD solutions AB
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PLoS ONE, Academic editor, 2012-2015
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Swedish Research Council 2012_2015 ALF Stockholm 2014_2016
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- From the Department of Neurology (M.P., P.S.), Department of Neuroradiology (H.A., S.H.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (M.P., H.A., J.Y., S.H., P.S.), Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine (A.S., I.B.), Department of Neuroimaging (G.B.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Biochemistry (A.S.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan; and St. Erik Eye Hospital (J.Y.), Stockholm, Sweden.
- Correspondence to Dr. Paucar: martin.paucar-arce{at}karolinska.se
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