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Rare neurological disorders

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Chorea-Acanthocytosis: ChAc is a rare progressive neurological disorder caused by mutations in a very complex gene.
Dr Antonio Velayos-Baeza is interested in two main projects: Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc), a rare autosomal-recessive disorder that is characterised by progressive neurodegeneration and red cell acanthocytosis (spiky red blood cells), and Developmental dyslexia, the most common of the childhood learning disorders.

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Genetics
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Antonio Velayos-Baeza
Keywords
genetics
neurodegeneration
neurodegenerative disease
dyslexia
Department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Date Added: 04/02/2016
Duration: 00:08:44

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