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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2L

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Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2L (CMT2L) is a form of axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a peripheral sensorimotor neuropathy. In the single family reported to date, CMT2L onset is between 15 and 33 years. Patients present with a symmetric distal weakness of legs and occasionally of the hands, absent or reduced tendon reflexes, distal legs sensory loss and frequently a pes cavus. Progression is slow.

Causal genes
HSPB8
Also known as
autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2L · Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 caused by mutation in HSPB8 · Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2L · Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, axonal, type 2L · CMT2L

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