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Paranoid delusion as lead symptom in two siblings with late-onset Tay–Sachs disease and a novel mutation in the HEXA gene

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  1. Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, 80336, Munich, Germany

    Claudia Stendel, Constanze Gallenmüller & Thomas Klopstock

  2. DZNE-German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, 80336, Munich, Germany

    Claudia Stendel, Constanze Gallenmüller & Thomas Klopstock

  3. CeGaT GmbH Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Katrin Peters & Saskia Biskup

  4. Metabolic Laboratory, Metabolic Centre Heidelberg, University Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Friederike Bürger

  5. Centre for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Heidelberg, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Gwendolyn Gramer

  6. Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), 80336, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Klopstock

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Stendel, C., Gallenmüller, C., Peters, K. et al. Paranoid delusion as lead symptom in two siblings with late-onset Tay–Sachs disease and a novel mutation in the HEXA gene. J Neurol 262, 1072–1073 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-015-7729-0

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