Author(s): Rolfs, Prof. Arndt, MD, Samuelsson, Kristin, PhD, Kostulas, Konstantinos, MD PhD, Vrethem, Prof. Magnus, Press, Rayomand, MD PhD
We investigated whether Fabry disease could be a cause of idiopathic SFN with or without large fiber involvement in young to middle-aged patients. Read more!
The following etiologies were identified in 12 patients: impaired glucose tolerance (58.3%), diabetes mellitus (16.6%), alcohol abuse (8.3%), mitochondrial disease (8.3%), and hereditary neuropathy (8.3%). Genetic alterations of unknown clinical significance in GLA were detected in 6 of the 29 patients with true idiopathic SFN, but this rate did not differ significantly from that in healthy controls (n=203).
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