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Articles on Neurology
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Mutation in FAM134B Causing Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy with Spasticity in a Turkish Family
Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN) type 2 is a rare autosomal recessive disease that was first described by Ota et al in 1973 (1). We report the clinical and pathological findings of 2 siblings with HSAN type 2 due to a homozygous mutation in FAM134B.
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Idiopathic Small Fiber Neuropathy: Phenotype, Etiologies, and the Search for Fabry Disease
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…
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Fabry Disease – Underestimated in the Differential Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis?
There are several anamnestic and clinical hints indicating when Fabry disease should be considered a relevant differential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, e.g. female patients with asymmetric, confluent white matter lesions on MRI, normal spinal MR imaging, ectatic vertebrobasilar arteries,…
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Clinical, Genetic, and Brain Sonographic Features Related to Parkinson’s Disease in Gaucher Disease
Here we studied how clinical, genetic, and brain sonographic findings relate to the occurrence of PD in Gaucher disease. We conclude that the combined clinical, genetic, and transcranial sonographic assessment may improve the PD risk evaluation in Gaucher disease.
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Diagnostic Difficulties in Krabbe Disease: A Report of Two Cases and Review of Literature
Globoid cell leukodystrophy (GLD, also known as Krabbe disease), whose pathophysiology is still not completely elucidated, is an inherited, metabolic, and neurodegenerative disease, caused by the deficiency of β-galactocerebrosidase (GALC) or in very rare cases by lack of active saposin A. We…