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Ruth H. Walker
Researcher at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Publications - 149
Citations - 10006
Ruth H. Walker is an academic researcher from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chorea & Neuroacanthocytosis. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 141 publications receiving 8192 citations. Previous affiliations of Ruth H. Walker include Mount Sinai Hospital & United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Autosomal-Dominant Chorea-Acanthocytosis: Report of a Family and Neuropathology
Ruth H. Walker,Ruth H. Walker,Susan Morgello,Barbara Davidoff-Feldman,Ari Melnick,Michael J. Walsh,Pullani Shashidharan,Mitchell F. Brin +7 more
TL;DR: This family extends the genetic spectrum of chorea-acanthocytosis to include autosomal-dominant inheritance, possibly due to expanded trinucleotide repeats.
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Proceedings of the Third Joint Symposium on Neuroacanthocytosis and Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation: From Benchside to Bedside
TL;DR: Erythrocyte structure and function depend upon interactions between proteins in and associated with the membrane, centered around band 3, which is the link between the oxygendependent trade-off between ATP production and NADPH-mediated protection against oxidative damage.
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Huntington's disease-like 2 can present as chorea-acanthocytosis [2] (multiple letters)
Axial Sensory Tricks in Chorea-Acanthocytosis: Insights into Phenomenology.
TL;DR: A 41-year-old male with ChAc reported that his involuntary axial movements were significantly ameliorated by either folding his arms over his chest or putting his hands behind his head, suggesting a dystonic pathophysiology.
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HyperCKemia instead of Hyperkalemia in Chorea-Acanthocytosis
Adrian Danek,Ruth H. Walker +1 more
TL;DR: This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense).