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Neuroacanthocytosis Syndromes

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Editors:
  1. Adrian Danek

    1. Neurologische Klinik, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany

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  • Provides a wealth of data that will help to solve an intriguing puzzle and ease the suffering of those affected by one of the neuroacanthocytosis syndromes

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Neuroacanthocytosis Syndromes is the first comprehensive review of a field that has not yet received the attention it deserves. Affecting the brain as well as the circulating red cells, these multi-system disorders in the past had often been mistaken for Huntington's disease. Recent breakthroughs have now identified the molecular basis of several of these. This volume grew out of the first international scientific meeting ever devoted to neuroacanthocytosis and provides in-depth information about the state of the art. Its thirty chapters were written by the leading authorities in the field to cover the clinical as well as the basic science perspective, including not only molecular genetics but also experimental pharmacology and cell membrane biology, among others. The book vehemently poses the question of how the membrane deformation of circulating red blood cells relates to degeneration of nerve cells in the brain, the basal ganglia, in particular. It provides a wealth of data that will help to solve an intriguing puzzle and ease the suffering of those affected by one of the neuroacanthocytosis syndromes.

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  3. Clinical Context

    1. The Differential Diagnosis of Neuroacanthocytosis: An Overview

      • François Tison
      Pages 15-20
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    2. Acanthocytes and Disorders of Lipoprotein Metabolism

      • Khalid Al-Shali, Robert A. Hegele
      Pages 21-30
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    3. Levine-Critchley Syndrome of Neuroacanthocytosis: A Clinical Review

      • Richard J. Hardie
      Pages 31-37
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    4. Chorea-Acanthocytosis with the Ehime-Deletion Mutation

      • Shu-Ichi Ueno, Kazue Kamae, Yoriaki Yamashita, Yoshiko Maruki, Yuko Tomemori, Masayuki Nakamura et al.
      Pages 39-43
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    5. McLeod Syndrome: A Clinical Review

      • Hans H. Jung
      Pages 45-53
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    6. Autosomal-Dominant Chorea-Acanthocytosis: Report of a Family and Neuropathology

      • Ruth H. Walker, Susan Morgello, Barbara Davidoff-Feldman, Ari Melnick, Michael J. Walsh, P. Shashidharan et al.
      Pages 55-65
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    7. Acanthocytes in Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration

      • Thomas Klopstock, Matthias Elstner, Alessandro Malandrini
      Pages 67-70
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    8. Diagnostic Test for Neuroacanthocytosis: Quantitative Measurement of Red Blood Cell Morphology

      • Alexander Storch, Johannes Schwarz
      Pages 71-77
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    9. Differential Diagnosis of Serum Creatine Kinase Elevation

      • Benedikt G. H. Schoser, Thomas N. Witt
      Pages 79-86
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  4. Organ Involvement

    1. Pathology of Neuroacanthocytosis and of Huntington’s Disease

      • Armando Martínez, María Angeles Mena, Zigmunt Jamrozik, Justo García de Yébenes
      Pages 87-94
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    2. Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric Findings in McLeod Syndrome and in Chorea-Acanthocytosis

      • Adrian Danek, Laura Sheesley, Michael Tierney, Ingo Uttner, Jordan Grafman
      Pages 95-115
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    3. Epilepsy in Neuroacanthocytosis

      • Hartmut Meierkord
      Pages 117-122
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    4. Sleep Features in Chorea-Acanthocytosis

      • Leja Dolenc-Grošelj, Janez Jazbec, Jan Kobal
      Pages 123-125
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    5. Neuromuscular Findings in Eight Italian Families with Neuroacanthocytosis

      • Maria Teresa Dotti, Alessandro Malandrini, Antonio Federico
      Pages 127-138
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    6. Cardiac Involvement in the Neuroacanthocytosis Syndromes

      • Saidi A. Mohiddin, Lameh Fananapazir
      Pages 139-152
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  • Neurologische Klinik, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany

    Adrian Danek

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