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Hypocaeruloplasminaemia with heteroallelic caeruloplasmin gene mutation: MRI of the brain

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We present two patients with hypocaeruloplasminaemia and a heteroallelic caeruloplasmin gene mutation (HypoCPGM). These patients had diabetes mellitus and tremor of the hands, respectively. T2-weighted fast spin-echo MRI showed mildly reduced intensity of the putamen, much more marked on echo-planar imaging.

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  1. Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iida-Nishi, Yamagata 990-23, Japan E-mail: mdaimon@med.id. yamagata-u.ac.jp Tel.: + 81-2 36-28-53 16 Fax: + 81-2 36-28-53 18, , , , , , JP

    M. Daimon, S. Moriai, S. Susa, K. Yamatani & T. Kato

  2. Department of Radiology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan, , , , , , JP

    T. Hosoya

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Received: 26 May 1998 Accepted: 10 August 1998

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Daimon, M., Moriai, S., Susa, S. et al. Hypocaeruloplasminaemia with heteroallelic caeruloplasmin gene mutation: MRI of the brain. Neuroradiology 41, 185–187 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050730

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