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A case of hemichorea in RNF213-related vasculopathy.
BMC neurology - 22 Jan 2021
Hosoki Satoshi, Yoshimoto Takeshi, Ihara Masafumi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis has been recently reported to cause hemichorea, mainly in East Asia. The East Asian-specific p.R4810K variant of RNF213, a susceptibility gene for moyamoya disease (MMD), accounts for up to 25% of sporadic ischemic stroke with ICA stenosis cases in East Asia. However, as RNF213-related vasculopathy does not meet the diagnostic criteria for MMD, the creation of a...
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