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- Title
Inherited neuropathies with predominant upper limb involvement: genetic heterogeneity and overlapping pathologies.
- Authors
McMacken, G.; Whittaker, R. G.; Charlton, R.; Barresi, R.; Lochmüller, H.; Horvath, R.
- Abstract
Background and purpose: In a subset of patients with inherited peripheral neuropathies the first symptom is atrophy and weakness of the intrinsic muscles of the hands, without involvement of lower limbs until later in the disease course. The exact pathomechanisms of this phenotype are currently unknown. The aim of this study was to characterize the clinical, neurophysiological and genetic features of a group of patients with a clinical diagnosis of upper limb predominant Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease (CMT). Methods: The clinical, electrophysiology and genetic data of 11 patients with upper limb predominant peripheral neuropathy selected from a single‐centre cohort of 461 patients diagnosed with inherited neuropathy were analysed and the clinical, electrophysiological and genetic characteristics of these patients reported. Results: An overlapping phenotype of neuropathy and myopathy was detected in two patients. Four patients carry autosomal dominant mutations in GARS and a single patient had a homozygous mutation in SH3TC2. However, the underlying genetic diagnosis could not be confirmed in six patients by gene panel sequencing. Conclusions: Upper limb‐onset inherited neuropathies are genetically heterogeneous and, in some cases, there is an overlapping myopathy. Autosomal dominant GARS mutations are the most common genetic cause; however, mutations in other CMT genes may also result in this phenotype in individual patients. The majority of these patients cannot be genetically diagnosed by gene panel testing of known CMT and myopathy genes, suggesting further genetic heterogeneity and highlighting the importance of further genetic investigations in these patients and families.
- Subjects
PATIENTS' families; CHARCOT-Marie-Tooth disease; HUMAN chromosome abnormality diagnosis; PERIPHERAL neuropathy; MOTOR neuron diseases; ENTRAPMENT neuropathies
- Publication
European Journal of Neurology, 2021, Vol 28, Issue 1, p297
- ISSN
1351-5101
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ene.14514