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A neuropathological study of autosomal-dominant chorea-acanthocytosis with a mutation of VPS13A.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Jan 2009
Ishida Chiho, Makifuchi Takao, Saiki Shinji, Hirose Genjiro, Yamada Masahito
Abstract excerpt
We report the first autopsy case of genetically confirmed, autosomal-dominant chorea-acanthocytosis (AD-ChAc), showing a heterozygous mutation (G-A) at nucleotide position 8,295 in exon 57 of VPS13A. The patient was a 36-year-old Japanese man and the duration of his illness was 11 years. Neuropathologically, the patient showed marked atrophy and neuronal loss, particularly small and medium-sized neurons, with...
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