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Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification: a challenging clinical–pathological correlation

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We thank Dr. David Welbourne and Audrey Strongosky for their help in obtaining the autopsy material, and Dr. Rosa Rademakers and Matt Baker for providing us with the DNA sample. CW is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (PBLAB-115478), Parkinson Switzerland, and the Robert H. and Clarice Smith and the M.L. Simpson Foundation Trust. KJS is supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG). ZKW and DWD are supported by the Morris K. Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research (P50-NS40256). DWD is supported by the Mayo Clinic ADRC grant P50-AG16574. ZKW and DWD are supported by the Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation (PARF) grant C06-01. DFB is supported by the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Research Committee CR10 program grant.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Cannaday Building 2E, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA

    Christian Wider, Katherine J. Schweitzer & Zbigniew K. Wszolek

  2. Department of Neuropathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Dennis W. Dickson

  3. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Daniel F. Broderick

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Wider, C., Dickson, D.W., Schweitzer, K.J. et al. Familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification: a challenging clinical–pathological correlation. J Neurol 256, 839–842 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5025-6

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