Choreoacanthocytosis

Neuroacanthocytosis (also known as Levine-Critchley syndrome or choreoacanthocytosis) is a rare movement disorder marked by progressive muscle weakness and atrophy, progressive cognitive loss, chorea (involuntary twisting movements of the body), and acanthocytosis (spiked red blood cells associated with several inherited neurological disorders). Other symptoms include facial tics, uncontrolled muscle movement, instability when walking, seizures, biting of the tongue and lips and changes in p ...