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Chorea-Acanthocytosis Without Acanthocytosis: Sensory Neuronopathy and Epilepsy as Prominent Features From a Novel VPS13A Variant.
Clinical genetics - 1 Oct 2026
Tamaoui Leila, Bouhouche Ahmed, Birouk Nazha
Abstract excerpt
A 29-year-old woman with a novel homozygous VPS13A frameshift variant presented with drug-resistant temporal-lobe epilepsy and severe sensory neuronopathy, but no acanthocytes on repeated blood smears-expanding the phenotypic spectrum of chorea-acanthocytosis beyond its defining haematological feature.
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- Humans
- Female
- Vesicular Transport Proteins
- Adult
- Neuroacanthocytosis
- Epilepsy
- Phenotype
- Frameshift Mutation
