Article
Craniofacial and cutaneous findings expand the phenotype of hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy.
Neurology - 11 Dec 2001
Jeannet P Y, Watts G D, Bird T D, Chance P F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (HNA) is an autosomal-dominant disorder associated with recurrent, episodic, painful, brachial neuropathy. The gene for HNA has been mapped to chromosome 17q25. Characteristic features including hypotelorism, short stature, and cleft palate occur in some patients. OBJECTIVE: To further characterize the clinical, neurologic, and craniofacial features in 27 patients from...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Brachial Plexus Neuritis
- Cephalometry
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Craniofacial Abnormalities
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Humans
- Hypertelorism
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neurologic Examination
- Pedigree
- Phenotype