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"Phospholipase A2 associated-neurodegeneration (PLAN) is an autosomal recessive form of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA)."

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"PLA2G6-associated diseases have variable syndromes:"

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"PLA2G6-related dystonia-parkinsonism with late onset in adulthood (PARK14)"

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"The failure in the expressed gene PLA2G6 (chromosome 22q13.1) that encodes phospholipase A2 group VI results in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation, gliosis and degeneration of the optic pathways."

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"The failure in the expressed gene PLA2G6 (chromosome 22q13.1) that encodes phospholipase A2 group VI results in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation, gliosis and degeneration of the optic pathways."

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Lint: phospholipase-a2-associated-neurodegeneration