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==Management== There is currently no cure for PFBC nor a standard course of treatment. The available treatment is directed symptomatic control. If [[Parkinsonism|parkinsonian features]] develop, there is generally poor response to [[levodopa]] therapy. Case reports have suggested that [[haloperidol]] or [[lithium carbonate]] may help with [[psychotic]] symptoms.<ref name=Munir1986>{{cite journal |author=Munir KM |title=The treatment of psychotic symptoms in Fahr's disease with lithium carbonate |journal=J Clin Psychopharmacol |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=36β8 |date=February 1986 |pmid=3081601 |doi=10.1097/00004714-198602000-00008 }}</ref> One case report described an improvement with the use of a [[bisphosphonate]].<ref name=Loeb1998>{{cite journal |author=Loeb JA |title=Functional improvement in a patient with cerebral calcinosis using a bisphosphonate |journal=Mov. Disord. |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=345β9 |date=March 1998 |pmid=9539353 |doi=10.1002/mds.870130225 |s2cid=29240690 }}</ref>
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