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Chorein detection for the diagnosis of chorea-acanthocytosis.
Annals of neurology - 1 Aug 2004
Dobson-Stone Carol, Velayos-Baeza Antonio, Filippone Lea A, Westbury Sarah, Storch Alexander, Erdmann Torsten, Wroe Stephen J, Leenders Klaus L, Lang Anthony E, Dotti Maria Teresa, Federico Antonio, Mohiddin Saidi A, Fananapazir Lameh, Daniels Geoff, Danek Adrian, Monaco Anthony P
Abstract excerpt
Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc) is a severe, neurodegenerative disorder that shares clinical features with Huntington's disease and McLeod syndrome. It is caused by mutations in VPS13A, which encodes a large protein called chorein. Using antichorein antisera, we found expression of chorein in all hu...
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