Editing Primary familial brain calcification (section)

{{short description|Genetic disorder involving calcification of the basal ganglia}}
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| synonyms        = Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification
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| caption         = [[CT scan]] of characteristic calcifications of the disease
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'''Primary familial brain calcification'''<ref name=ncbi>{{cite journal|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1421/|title=Primary Familial Brain Calcification|author1=Eliana Marisa Ramos | author2=Joao Oliveira | author3=Maria J Sobrido | author4= Giovanni Coppola|website=GeneReviews, at [[National Center for Biotechnology Information]]|publisher=University of Washington, Seattle|year=1993|pmid=20301594 }} Initial Posting: April 18, 2004; Last Update: August 24, 2017.</ref> (PFBC), also known as '''familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification''' ('''FIBGC''') and '''Fahr's disease''',<ref name=ncbi/> is a rare,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/Disease.aspx?PageID=4&diseaseID=8272 |title=Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) – an NCATS Program &#124; Providing information about rare or genetic diseases |access-date=2009-06-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511075059/http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/Disease.aspx?PageID=4&DiseaseID=8272 |archive-date=2009-05-11 }}</ref> [[Dominance_(genetics)|genetically dominant or recessive]], inherited [[neurology|neurological]] disorder characterized by abnormal deposits of [[calcium]] in areas of the [[brain]] that control movement. Through the use of [[Computed tomography|CT scans]], calcifications are seen primarily in the [[basal ganglia]] and in other areas such as the [[cerebral cortex]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Benke T | author2= Karner E | author3=Seppi K| author4=Delazer M | author5=Marksteiner J | author6=Donnemiller E |title=Subacute dementia and imaging correlates in a case of Fahr's disease |journal=J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry |volume=75 |issue=8 |pages=1163–5 |date=August 2004 |pmid=15258221 |pmc=1739167 |doi=10.1136/jnnp.2003.019547 |url=}}</ref>