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autosomal recessive distal hereditary motor neuronopathy 3

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An autosomal recessive distal hereditary motor neuronopathy characterized by juvenile onset of distal muscle weakness and wasting with variable severity that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in a 2.6-cM region of chromosome 11q13.3.

Signs and symptoms

  • Interosseus muscle atrophy
  • EMG: neuropathic changes
  • Distal lower limb muscle weakness
  • Distal amyotrophy
  • Reduced vital capacity
  • Diaphragmatic weakness
  • Hyperlordosis
  • Spinal muscular atrophy

Also known as: autosomal recessive distal spinal muscular atrophy type 3; dHMN3; dHMN3 and dHMN4; dHMN4; dSMA3