FAHR SYNDROME

Course overview

FAHR DISEASE IS A RARE NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY ABNORMAL IDIOPATHIC CALCIFICATION OF BASAL GANGLIA AND COMMONLY HAS AN AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, ETIOLOGY, DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS, EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT OF FAHR DISEASE AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN IMPROVING THE CARE OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM THIS DISEASE.