AUTOSOMAL-DOMINANT OPTIC ATROPHY WITH ASYMPTOMATIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

Authors
CHALMERS RM BIRD AC HARDING AE
Citation
Rm. Chalmers et al., AUTOSOMAL-DOMINANT OPTIC ATROPHY WITH ASYMPTOMATIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 60(2), 1996, pp. 195-196
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223050
Volume
60
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
195 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3050(1996)60:2<195:AOAWAP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The association between hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) and optic atrophy has been termed HMSN type VI. The autosomal dominan t inheritance of this syndrome is reported. Three generations were aff ected with optic atrophy, which differed in some respects from classic dominant optic atrophy, and an asymptomatic, mainly sensory, neuropat hy.