Choreo-acanthocytosis like phenotype without acanthocytes: clinicopathological case report. A contribution to the knowledge of the functional pathology of the caudate nucleus.

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Detailed clinical and neuropathological findings in two unrelated patients with a chorea-acanthocytosis-like phenotype (CA) are reported. One case met all the diagnostic criteria of CA and had a deceased brother with the same disease. The second case had a virtually identical phenotype to the former but without acanthocytes. These findings suggest that both patients are affected by the same disease and that...

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