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Novel pathogenic VPS13A mutation in Moroccan family with Choreoacanthocytosis: a case report.

Fatima OuchkatWafaa RegraguiImane SmailiHajar Naciri DaraiNaima BouslamMounia RahmaniAdyl MelhaouiYasser ArkhaElmostafa El FahimeAhmed Bouhouche
Published in: BMC medical genetics (2020)
Here, we report a novel nonsense p.Gln113* mutation in VPS13A identified by whole-exome sequencing, which caused ChAc in a Moroccan family. This is the first description of ChAc in Morocco with genetic confirmation, that expands the mutation diversity of VPS13A and provide clinical, neuroimaging and deep brain stimulation findings.
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