McLeod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome

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McLeod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome

Synonyms: MLS | X-linked McLeod syndrome

McLeod neuroacanthocytosis syndrome (MLS) is a form of neuroacanthocytosis (see this term) and is characterized clinically by a Huntington’s disease-like phenotype with an involuntary hyperkinetic movement disorder psychiatric manifestations and cognitive alterations and biochemically by absence of the Kx antigen and by weak expression of the Kell antigens.

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