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Neuroacanthocytosis. A clinical, haematological and pathological study of 19 cases.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Feb 1991
Hardie R J, Pullon H W, Harding A E, Owen J S, Pires M, Daniels G L, Imai Y, Misra V P, King R H, Jacobs J M
Abstract excerpt
Nineteen cases are described, including 12 cases from three different families and 7 nonfamilial cases, in which multisystem neurological disease was associated with acanthocytosis in peripheral blood and normal plasma lipoproteins. Mild acanthocytosis can easily be overlooked, and scanning electron microscopy may be helpful. Some neurologically asymptomatic relatives with significant acanthocytosis were...
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