Article
Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy and hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies: two distinct clinical, electrophysiologic, and genetic entities.
Neurology - 1 Dec 1994
Gouider R, LeGuern E, Emile J, Tardieu S, Cabon F, Samid M, Weissenbach J, Agid Y, Bouche P, Brice A
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (HNA) is an autosomal disease characterized by painful episodes of brachial palsy. The presence of tomacula in some patients suggested that HNA might be genetically related to hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP), caused by point mutation...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Brachial Plexus Neuritis
- Child
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Myelin Proteins
- Pedigree
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases