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Congenital axonal neuropathy caused by deletions in the spinal muscular atrophy region.
Annals of neurology - 1 Sept 1997
Korinthenberg R, Sauer M, Ketelsen U P, Hanemann C O, Stoll G, Graf M, Baborie A, Volk B, Wirth B, Rudnik-Schöneborn S, Zerres K
Abstract excerpt
Three newborn siblings presented with generalized weakness, asphyxia, facial diplegia, and external ophthalmoplegia. Electrophysiological testing showed inexcitability of motor and sensory nerves and myographic signs of denervation. Nerve biopsies and postmortem examination showed loss of myelinated fibers and axonal damage in sensory and mixed nerves. Many spinal motor neurons were chromatolytic although their...
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