Neuroacanthocytosis masquerading as Huntington's disease: CT/MRI findings

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-189

  Kutcher, Jeffrey S ^a   Kahn, Marc J ^a   Andersson, Hans C ^a   Foundas, Anne L ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudate nucleus; Dyskinesia; Huntington's disease; Neuroacanthocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ACANTHOCYTOSIS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC SCREENING; LEUKOCYTE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROACANTHOCYTOSIS; NEUROIMAGING;

ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE;

EID: 0032806182     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon199993187     Document Type: Article

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