Catalog

Chorea due to Neuroacanthocytosis

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Link to WHO Definition

Chorea due to Neuroacanthocytosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/246355778

Chorea occuring in neuroacanthocytosis (NA) syndromes that are a group of genetically defined diseases characterized by the association of red blood cell acanthocytosis and progressive degeneration of the basal ganglia. Chorea is seen in choreoacanthocytosis (CAC gene mutation) and Mcleod syndrome (Absence of Kell and Kx blood group antigens).