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Head of the caudate nucleus is most vulnerable in chorea-acanthocytosis: a voxel-based morphometry study.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Oct 2006
Henkel Karsten, Danek Adrian, Grafman Jordan, Butman John, Kassubek Jan
Abstract excerpt
Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc; OMIM 200150) is a rare autosomal recessive disease with dysfunction of the erythrocyte membrane, presenting with acanthocytes and neurological manifestations characterized by progressive hyperkinesias (chorea, dystonia) and neuropsychological impairment. Damage to the basal ganglia was described previously in neuropathological and neuroimaging investigations. We analyzed...
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