Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy: The Clinical and Electrophysiological Features of Four Families**Ayşe Oytun Bayrak1, Esra Battaloğlu2, Handan Akar3, İbrahim Barış2, Musa Kazım Onar11Department Of Neurology, Faculty Of Medicine, University Of Ondokuz Mayıs, Samsun, Turkey 2Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Bogazici, Istanbul, Turkey 3Clinic Of Neurology, Samsun Mehmet Aydin Training And Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by acute, painless and recurrent mononeuropathies that are secondary to minor trauma or compression. Diagnosis is often overlooked when detailed examinations are not performed. We discuss the features of our four HNPP patients and their close relatives in order to emphasize the importance of clinical and electrophysiological findings in the diagnosis of HNPP. Four patients and three members of the family underwent genetic testing and HBDN deletion was shown in all. Keywords: Neuropathy, hereditary, liability to pressure palsies, electrophysiology.
Ayşe Oytun Bayrak, Esra Battaloğlu, Handan Akar, İbrahim Barış, Musa Kazım Onar. Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy: The Clinical and Electrophysiological Features of Four Families**. Turk J Neurol. 2010; 16(4): 193-198
Corresponding Author: Ayşe Oytun Bayrak, Türkiye |
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