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Baets, J; Deconinck, T; De Vriendt, E; Zimoń, M; Yperzeele, L; Van Hoorenbeeck, K; Peeters, K; Spiegel, R; Parman, Y; Ceulemans, B; Van Bogaert, P; Pou-Serradell, A; Bernert, G; Dinopoulos, A; Auer-Grumbach, M; Sallinen, SL; Fabrizi, GM; Pauly, F; Van den Bergh, P; Bilir, B; Battaloglu, E; Madrid, RE; Kabzińska, D; Kochanski, A; Topaloglu, H; Miller, G; Jordanova, A; Timmerman, V; De Jonghe, P.
Genetic spectrum of hereditary neuropathies with onset in the first year of life.
Brain. 2011; 134(Pt 9):2664-2676
Doi: 10.1093/brain/awr184
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- Early onset hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies are rare disorders encompassing congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy with disease onset in the direct post-natal period and Dejerine-Sottas neuropathy starting in infancy. The clinical spectrum, however, reaches beyond the boundaries of these two historically defined disease entities. De novo dominant mutations in PMP22, MPZ and EGR2 are known to be a typical cause of very early onset hereditary neuropathies. In addition, mutations in several other dominant and recessive genes for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease may lead to similar phenotypes. To estimate mutation frequencies and to gain detailed insights into the genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of early onset hereditary neuropathies, we selected a heterogeneous cohort of 77 unrelated patients who presented with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy within the first year of life. The majority of these patients were isolated in their family. We performed systematic mutation screening by means of direct sequencing of the coding regions of 11 genes: MFN2, PMP22, MPZ, EGR2, GDAP1, NEFL, FGD4, MTMR2, PRX, SBF2 and SH3TC2. In addition, screening for the Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A duplication on chromosome 17p11.2-12 was performed. In 35 patients (45%), mutations were identified. Mutations in MPZ, PMP22 and EGR2 were found most frequently in patients presenting with early hypotonia and breathing difficulties. The recessive genes FGD4, PRX, MTMR2, SBF2, SH3TC2 and GDAP1 were mutated in patients presenting with early foot deformities and variable delay in motor milestones after an uneventful neonatal period. Several patients displaying congenital foot deformities but an otherwise normal early development carried the Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A duplication. This study clearly illustrates the genetic heterogeneity underlying hereditary neuropathies with infantile onset.
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- Adolescent -
- Adult -
- Age of Onset -
- Aged -
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease - genetics
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease - pathology
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease - physiopathology
- Child -
- Child, Preschool -
- Cohort Studies -
- DNA Mutational Analysis -
- Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy - genetics
- Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy - pathology
- Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy - physiopathology
- Humans -
- Infant -
- Middle Aged -
- Mutation -
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- early onset hereditary neuropathies
- congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy
- Dejerine-Sottas neuropathy
- genotype-phenotype correlations
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease