Identification of a VPS13A founder mutation in French Canadian families with chorea-acanthocytosis.

Mutations in VPS13A cause chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc), an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder. VPS13A is located in a tail-to-tail arrangement with GNA14 on chromosome 9q21. ChAc shows substantial allelic heterogeneity, with no single VPS13A mutation causing the majority of cases. We exa...

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Main Authors: Dobson-Stone, C, Velayos-Baeza, A, Jansen, A, Andermann, F, Dubeau, F, Robert, F, Summers, A, Lang, A, Chouinard, S, Danek, A, Andermann, E, Monaco, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005