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autosomal recessive distal hereditary motor neuronopathy 7

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An autosomal recessive distal hereditary motor neuronopathy characterized by onset of lower leg weakness in the first decade and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the VWA1 gene on chromosome 1p36.

Signs and symptoms

  • Motor axonal neuropathy
  • Distal lower limb muscle weakness
  • Proximal lower limb muscle weakness
  • Pes cavus
  • Lower limb amyotrophy
  • Proximal upper limb muscle weakness
  • Flexion contracture
  • Foot dorsiflexor weakness
  • Hyporeflexia
  • Distal upper limb muscle weakness