About The Medical Condition Hereditary-Motor and Sensory-Neuropathy Type IV

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Hereditary-Motor and Sensory-Neuropathy Type IV

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Hereditary-Motor and Sensory-Neuropathy Type IV Medical Condition

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An autosomal recessive familial disorder that usually presents in childhood with POLYNEUROPATHY, sensorineural DEAFNESS; ICHTHYOSIS; ATAXIA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; and cardiomyopathy. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS and serum PHYTANIC ACID are generally elevated. This condition is associated with the impaired metabolism of phytanic acid in PEROXISOMES. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1991, Ch37, p58-9; Rev Med Interne 1996;17(5):391-8)

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