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Clinical predominance of proximal upper limb weakness in CMT1A syndrome.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Aug 2000
Auer-Grumbach M, Wagner K, Strasser-Fuchs S, Löscher W N, Fazekas F, Millner M, Hartung H P
Abstract excerpt
We report an Austrian family with proximal muscle weakness and wasting predominantly of the shoulder girdle musculature, normal or slightly reduced distal muscle power, mild foot deformity, absent or reduced tendon reflexes in the lower limbs, and normal or slightly diminished sensation. Electrophysiologically, motor nerve conduction velocities were slowed to less than 33 m/s, distal latencies were prolonged, and...
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