Parkinsonian phenotype in Late-onset pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration: a case report

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Hôpital Erasme, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. Faustine.Lebout@hubruxelles.be.
² Department of Genetics, Hôpital Erasme, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Departement of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Hôpital Erasme, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

Faustine Lebout et al. Acta Neurol Belg. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 10.

doi: 10.1007/s13760-025-02906-9. Online ahead of print.

¹ Department of Neurology, Hôpital Erasme, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. Faustine.Lebout@hubruxelles.be.
² Department of Genetics, Hôpital Erasme, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Departement of Nuclear Medicine, Hôpital Erasme, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Hôpital Erasme, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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