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Primary skeletal muscle involvement in chorea-acanthocytosis.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 30 Apr 2007
Saiki Shinji, Sakai Koichiro, Murata Ken-ya, Saiki Misuzu, Nakanishi Megumi, Kitagawa Yoko, Kaito Muichi, Gondo Yuichiro, Kumamoto Toshihide, Matsui Makoto, Hattori Nobutaka, Hirose Genjiro
Abstract excerpt
Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc) is a hereditary disease characterized by involuntary movements and amyotrophy with elevation of serum creatine kinase. Although skeletal muscle involvement in ChAc has been suggested, the mechanism remains unclear. To investigate chorein abnormalities of the skeletal...
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