Phenotype
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Motor and sensory neuropathy
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Motor neuropathy
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Origin
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Korean (Asian)
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Mali (African)
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Mutation
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Compound heterozygous missense
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Homozygous missense
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Nucleotide change
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c.1988C > T, c.2458G > C
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c.1940T > C
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Amino acid change
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p.Thr663Met, p.Gly820Arg
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p.Phe647Ser
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Age at onset
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8 years
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2–11.5 years
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Symptom at onset
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Distal muscle weakness of lower limbs
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Proximal muscle weakness and early involvements of foot and hand
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Muscle weakness
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Upper limb, proximal
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No
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Yes
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Upper limb, distal
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Yes
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Yes
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Lower limb, proximal
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Yes
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Yes
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Lower limb, distal
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Yes
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Yes
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Muscle atrophy
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Proximal < distal
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Proximal = distal (generalized)
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Sensory loss
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Yes
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No
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Areflexia
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Yes
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Yes
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Pyramidal sign
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No
|
No
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Bulbar symptom
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No
|
No
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Cranial neuropathy
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No
|
No
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Foot deformity
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Yes
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Yes
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Scoliosis
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No
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Yes
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Respiratory dysfunction
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No
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Yes (60%)
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Wheelchair bound
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No
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Yes (80%)
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Nerve conduction study
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Sensorimotor neuropathy
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Motor neuropathy
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Electromyography
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Muscle denervation
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Muscle denervation
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Sural nerve biopsy
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Severe loss of myelinated fibers (297/mm2, normal: 9,800/mm2)
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Normal
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References
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This study
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Maystadt et al. (2006) [2]
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