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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
We report three siblings, offspring of normal consanguineous parents, with a progressive neurological illness that began in midlife and was characterized primarily by chorea and leading to death in the fourth decade. The proband had erythrocyte acanthocytosis with normal serum beta-lipoprotein. Biopsy of left gastrocnemius muscle showed neurogenic muscular atrophy. There was a decrease in the numbers of large myelinated axons of the sural nerve. Postmortem examination of two cases showed marked atrophy, neuronal loss and gliosis of the caudate nucleus and putamen. Autosomal recessive inheritance is likely in this family.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0317-1671
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
426-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Chorea-acanthocytosis: report of a family and neuropathological study of two cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mexico, D.F.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article