A novel XK gene mutation in a Taiwanese family with McLeod syndrome.

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2014.02.027

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A novel XK gene mutation in a Taiwanese family with McLeod syndrome.

Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 May 2014

Chen Pei-Yun, Lai Szu-Chia, Yang Chih-Chao, Lee Ming-Jen, Chiu Yen-Hui, Yan Sui-Hing, Lu Chin-Song, Yeh Tu-Hsueh

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McLeod syndrome is one subtype of rare neuroacanthocytosis syndromes characterized by misshapen red blood cells and progressive degeneration of the basal ganglia. It is an X-linked recessive disorder with mutation in the XK gene of the Kell blood group system with multisystem involvements. Concerning the movement disorders, its dyskinesias are various and difficult to differentiate from those in Huntington's...

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PMID: 24635891
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.02.027

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