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NEUROPEDIATRICS
Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 123-127Publisher
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1571189
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BPAN; autistic regression; intracranial calcification; brain iron accumulation
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Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) is a heterogeneous group of single gene disorders with distinguished clinical phenotypes and definitive imaging findings. Beta propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN) is a subentity of NBIA with X linked dominant inheritance. In this report, we describe a girl with autistic regression, seizures, intracranial calcification, iron accumulation in substantia nigra, and globi pallidi, and diagnosis of BPAN was established based on the identification of previously described disease causing variant in WD repeat domain 45 (WDR45) gene encoding for beta propeller protein. This is the first genetically proven case from India. BPAN is an underrecognized disorder and must be considered as a differential diagnosis in children with atypical Rett features and should be enlisted among the causes for autistic regression and intracranial calcification. Pediatriciansmust be aware of this rare entity for establishing early diagnosis, prognostication, and genetic counseling. Treatment is usually supportive. More research is needed to explore drugs in the management of BPAN that can facilitate the autophagy and promotes cytoprotection.
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