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The acanthocyte-echinocyte differential The Example of Chorea-Acanthocytosis

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SWISS MEDICAL WEEKLY
Volume 140, Issue -, Pages -

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E M H SWISS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS LTD
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2010.13039

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Acanthocytes; Echinocytes; Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc); Neuroacanthocytosis (NA)

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Acanthocytes are a distinct structural (and functional) entity compared to echinocytes. The differential, however, is not always clear. A summary of morphologic characteristics to make a clear distinction is provided, using the blood of a rare neurologic disease with acanthocytic transformation of red blood cells.

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