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Table 1 Neuroacanthocytosis syndromes

From: Neuroacanthocytosis Syndromes

Core neuroacanthocytosis syndromes

Neuroacanthocytosis with lipoprotein disorders

Acanthocytosis in systemic diseases where neurological findings may also be present

Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc)

Abetalipoproteinemia (Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome)

Severe malnutrition (e.g. anorexia nervosa)

McLeod syndrome (MLS)

Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia

Cancers, sarcoma

Huntington's disease-like 2 (HDL2)

Anderson disease

Thyroid disorders, myxoedema

Pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration (PKAN)

Atypical Wolman disease

Splenectomy

  

Liver cirrhosis, hepatic encephalopathy

  

MELAS

  

Psoriasis

  

Eales' disease (angiopathia retinae juvenilis)

  1. MELAS, mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes.