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HARP syndrome is allelic with pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration.
Neurology - 11 Jun 2002
Ching K H L, Westaway S K, Gitschier J, Higgins J J, Hayflick S J
Abstract excerpt
HARP (hypoprebetalipoproteinemia, acanthocytosis, retinitis pigmentosa, and pallidal degeneration) is a rare syndrome with many clinical similarities to pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN, formerly Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome). Despite these common features, lipoprotein abnormalities have not been reported in PKAN. After the recent discovery of the genetic defect in PKAN, we report a...
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