Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA) represents a group of rare, genetic neurological disorders characterized by abnormal accumulation of iron in the basal ganglia, a part of the brain that controls movement, leading to progressive dystonia, spasticity, parkinsonism, neuropsychiatric abnormalities, and optic atrophy. Type 5 NBIA, caused by mutations in the WDR45 gene, is particularly […]











