Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
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Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies (HMSN) are a group of neuropathies which are characterized by their impact upon both afferent and efferent neural communication.
They are more common than hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies.
HMSN is sometimes equated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
They are more common than hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies.
Types
In 1968, it was classified from groups I to VII:| Type | Name | Diseases Database Diseases Database The Diseases Database is a database that underlies a free website that provides information about the relationships between medical conditions, symptoms, and medications... |
OMIM >- | I |
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease- , known also as Morbus Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy , hereditary sensorimotor neuropathy , or peroneal muscular atrophy, is an inherited disorder of nerves that takes different forms... 1 |
>- | Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease- , known also as Morbus Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy , hereditary sensorimotor neuropathy , or peroneal muscular atrophy, is an inherited disorder of nerves that takes different forms... 2 |
>- | Dejerine Sottas syndrome Dejerine Sottas Syndrome Dejerine–Sottas disease, also Dejerine–Sottas syndrome or Dejerine–Sottas neuropathy is an autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive neuropathy.-Causes:It has been associated with MPZ, PMP22, PRX, and EGR2.-Symptoms:It is usually characterized... |
>- | Refsum's disease Refsum's disease Refsum disease, also known as classic or adult Refsum disease, heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis, phytanic acid oxidase deficiency and phytanic acid storage disease, is an autosomal recessive neurological disease that results from the over-accumulation of phytanic acid in cells and tissues... |
>- | HMSN+hereditary spastic paraplegia Hereditary spastic paraplegia Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia , also called Familial Spastic Paraplegias or Strumpell-Lorrain disease, is a group of inherited diseases whose main feature is progressive stiffness and contraction in the lower limbs. as a result of damage to dysfunction of the nerves... |
- | >- | HMSN+hereditary optic atrophy | >- | HMSN+retinitis pigmentosa Retinitis pigmentosa Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of genetic eye conditions that leads to incurable blindness. In the progression of symptoms for RP, night blindness generally precedes tunnel vision by years or even decades. Many people with RP do not become legally blind until their 40s or 50s and retain some... |
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HMSN is sometimes equated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.