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Clinical and molecular genetic assessment of a chorea-acanthocytosis pedigree.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Dec 2007
Ichiba Mio, Nakamura Masayuki, Kusumoto Akira, Mizuno Emiko, Kurano Yutaka, Matsuda Mieko, Kato Maiko, Agemura Asumi, Tomemori Yuko, Muroya Shinji, Nakabeppu Yoshiaki, Sano Akira
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BACKGROUND: Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc) is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease characterized by neurodegeneration in the striatum and acanthocytosis that is caused by mutations in the VPS13A gene. There are only few reports that studied clinical status of the obligate carriers of ChAc. Cli...
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