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Nemaline rods in chorea‐acanthocytosis
Author(s) -
Tamura Yohei,
Matsui Kazutaka,
Yaguchi Hiroshi,
Hashimoto Masaya,
Inoue Kiyoharu
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.20243
Subject(s) - chorea , medicine , anatomy , pathology , disease
In chorea‐acanthocytosis, a neurological disorder associated with multisystem degeneration, amyotrophy and peripheral neuropathy are sometimes conspicuous. We describe a patient with chorea‐acanthocytosis who showed distributed nemaline rods in biopsied muscle. It has been suggested that in chorea‐acanthocytosis, the muscle membranous structures are disordered, and our finding may be attributable to this underlying myopathic condition. Muscle Nerve, 2005