Choreoacanthocytosis

Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc) is a form of neuroacanthocytosis (see this term) and is characterized clinically by a Huntington disease-like phenotype with progressive neurological symptoms including movement disorders, psychiatric manifestations and cognitive disturbances.

Anxiety

Intense feelings of nervousness, tenseness, or panic, often in reaction to interpersonal stresses; worry about the negative effects of past unpleasant experiences and future negative possibilities; feeling fearful, apprehensive, or threatened by uncertainty; fears of falling apart or losing control.


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Criminal Behaviour Associated with a Novel Mutation in the VPS13A-Gene Causing Chorea-Acanthocytosis.
Elmgreen SB.
Case Rep Psychiatry. 2019;2019:5947416.
Heralded by obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety, chorea-acanthocytosis may initially present in a psychiatric setting.