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Familial myoclonic epilepsy with ataxia and neuropathy with additional features of Friedreich's ataxia and peroneal muscular atrophy. 1978

N J Smith, and M L Espir, and W B Matthews

A family is described in which a mother and three of her five children showed myoclonic epilepsy. The mother and one son were also ataxic; one other son had additional features of Friedreich's ataxia, and a daughter had peroneal muscular atrophy as well as myoclonic epilepsy and ataxia. Although some of these disorders have been associated in previously reported families, the occurrence of all three disorders in members of one family seems to be unique. It is concluded that this family shows the manifestations of one, probably dominant, gene. The differences in age of onset and manifestations may be explained by the action of one or more subsidiary genes.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010375	Pedigree	The record of descent or ancestry, particularly of a particular condition or trait, indicating individual family members, their relationships, and their status with respect to the trait or condition.	Family Tree,Genealogical Tree,Genealogic Tree,Genetic Identity,Identity, Genetic,Family Trees,Genealogic Trees,Genealogical Trees,Genetic Identities,Identities, Genetic,Tree, Family,Tree, Genealogic,Tree, Genealogical,Trees, Family,Trees, Genealogic,Trees, Genealogical
D002607	Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease	A hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy transmitted most often as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by progressive distal wasting and loss of reflexes in the muscles of the legs (and occasionally involving the arms). Onset is usually in the second to fourth decade of life. This condition has been divided into two subtypes, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) types I and II. HMSN I is associated with abnormal nerve conduction velocities and nerve hypertrophy, features not seen in HMSN II. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1343)	Atrophy, Muscular, Peroneal,HMSN Type I,HMSN Type II,Hereditary Motor and Sensory-Neuropathy Type II,Hereditary Motor, and Sensory Neuropathy Type I,Muscular Atrophy, Peroneal,Peroneal Muscular Atrophy,Roussy-Levy Syndrome,Charcot-Marie Disease,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Autosomal Dominant, With Focally Folded Myelin Sheaths, Type 1A,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Autosomal Dominant, with Focally Folded Myelin Sheaths, Type 1B,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Demyelinating, Type 1A,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Demyelinating, Type 1B,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Slow Nerve Conduction Type, Linked To Duffy,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type 1A,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type 1B,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type I,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type IA,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type IB,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type II,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Hereditary Neuropathy,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy, Type 1A,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy, Type 1B,Charcot-Marie-Tooth Syndrome,HMN Distal Type I,HMSN 1A,HMSN 1B,HMSN I,HMSN IA,HMSN IB,HMSN II,HMSN1A,HMSN1B,Hereditary Areflexic Dystasia,Hereditary Motor And Sensory Neuropathy IB,Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy 1A,Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy 1B,Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy IA,Hereditary Type I Motor and Sensory Neuropathy,Neuropathy, Type I Hereditary Motor and Sensory,Neuropathy, Type II Hereditary Motor and Sensory,Roussy Levy Hereditary Areflexic Dystasia,Roussy-Levy Disease,Roussy-Levy Hereditary Areflexic Dystasia,Areflexic Dystasia, Hereditary,Areflexic Dystasias, Hereditary,Atrophies, Peroneal Muscular,Atrophy, Peroneal Muscular,Charcot Marie Disease,Charcot Marie Tooth Disease,Charcot Marie Tooth Disease, Type 1A,Charcot Marie Tooth Disease, Type 1B,Charcot Marie Tooth Disease, Type I,Charcot Marie Tooth Disease, Type IA,Charcot Marie Tooth Disease, Type IB,Charcot Marie Tooth Disease, Type II,Charcot Marie Tooth Hereditary Neuropathy,Charcot Marie Tooth Neuropathy, Type 1A,Charcot Marie Tooth Neuropathy, Type 1B,Charcot Marie Tooth Syndrome,Dystasia, Hereditary Areflexic,Dystasias, Hereditary Areflexic,Hereditary Areflexic Dystasias,Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy Type II,Hereditary Neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth,Muscular Atrophies, Peroneal,Peroneal Muscular Atrophies,Roussy Levy Disease,Roussy Levy Syndrome,Syndrome, Charcot-Marie-Tooth,Syndrome, Roussy-Levy
D004569	Electroencephalography	Recording of electric currents developed in the brain by means of electrodes applied to the scalp, to the surface of the brain, or placed within the substance of the brain.	EEG,Electroencephalogram,Electroencephalograms
D004831	Epilepsies, Myoclonic	A clinically diverse group of epilepsy syndromes characterized either by myoclonic seizures or by myoclonus in association with other seizure types. Myoclonic epilepsy syndromes are divided into three subtypes based on etiology: familial, cryptogenic, and symptomatic.	Idiopathic Myoclonic Epilepsy,Myoclonic Absence Epilepsy,Myoclonic Encephalopathy,Myoclonic Epilepsy,Symptomatic Myoclonic Epilepsy,Benign Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy,Cryptogenic Myoclonic Epilepsy,Doose Syndrome,Dravet Syndrome,Early Childhood Epilepsy, Myoclonic,Early Childhood, Myoclonic Epilepsy,Encephalopathy, Myoclonic,Epilepsy, Early Childhood, Myoclonic,Epilepsy, Myoclonic, Early Childhood,Epilepsy, Myoclonic, Infantile,Epilepsy, Myoclonic, Infantile, Benign,Epilepsy, Myoclonic, Infantile, Severe,Epilepsy, Myoclonus,Infantile Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy,Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy,Myoclonic Epilepsy, Benign Infantile,Myoclonic Epilepsy, Early Childhood,Myoclonic Epilepsy, Infantile,Myoclonic Epilepsy, Infantile, Benign,Myoclonic Epilepsy, Infantile, Severe,Myoclonic Epilepsy, Severe Infantile,Myoclonic Epilepsy, Severe, Of Infancy,Myoclonic Seizure Disorder,Severe Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy,Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy Of Infancy,Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy, Infantile,Astatic Epilepsies, Myoclonic,Astatic Epilepsy, Myoclonic,Cryptogenic Myoclonic Epilepsies,Dravet Syndromes,Encephalopathies, Myoclonic,Epilepsies, Cryptogenic Myoclonic,Epilepsies, Idiopathic Myoclonic,Epilepsies, Infantile Myoclonic,Epilepsies, Myoclonic Absence,Epilepsies, Myoclonic Astatic,Epilepsies, Symptomatic Myoclonic,Epilepsy, Cryptogenic Myoclonic,Epilepsy, Idiopathic Myoclonic,Epilepsy, Infantile Myoclonic,Epilepsy, Myoclonic,Epilepsy, Myoclonic Absence,Epilepsy, Myoclonic Astatic,Epilepsy, Symptomatic Myoclonic,Idiopathic Myoclonic Epilepsies,Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsies,Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy,Myoclonic Absence Epilepsies,Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsies,Myoclonic Encephalopathies,Myoclonic Epilepsies,Myoclonic Epilepsies, Cryptogenic,Myoclonic Epilepsies, Idiopathic,Myoclonic Epilepsies, Infantile,Myoclonic Epilepsies, Symptomatic,Myoclonic Epilepsy, Cryptogenic,Myoclonic Epilepsy, Idiopathic,Myoclonic Epilepsy, Symptomatic,Myoclonic Seizure Disorders,Myoclonus Epilepsies,Myoclonus Epilepsy,Seizure Disorder, Myoclonic,Seizure Disorders, Myoclonic,Symptomatic Myoclonic Epilepsies
D005260	Female		Females
D005621	Friedreich Ataxia	An autosomal recessive disease, usually of childhood onset, characterized pathologically by degeneration of the spinocerebellar tracts, posterior columns, and to a lesser extent the corticospinal tracts. Clinical manifestations include GAIT ATAXIA, pes cavus, speech impairment, lateral curvature of spine, rhythmic head tremor, kyphoscoliosis, congestive heart failure (secondary to a cardiomyopathy), and lower extremity weakness. Most forms of this condition are associated with a mutation in a gene on chromosome 9, at band q13, which codes for the mitochondrial protein frataxin. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1081; N Engl J Med 1996 Oct 17;335(16):1169-75) The severity of Friedreich ataxia associated with expansion of GAA repeats in the first intron of the frataxin gene correlates with the number of trinucleotide repeats. (From Durr et al, N Engl J Med 1996 Oct 17;335(16):1169-75)	Friedreich Disease,Hereditary Spinal Sclerosis,Sclerosis, Hereditary Spinal,Friedreich Familial Ataxia,Friedreich Hereditary Ataxia,Friedreich Hereditary Spinal Ataxia,Friedreich Spinocerebellar Ataxia,Friedreich's Ataxia,Friedreich's Disease,Friedreich's Familial Ataxia,Friedreich's Hereditary Ataxia,Friedreich's Hereditary Spinal Ataxia,Hereditary Spinal Ataxia, Friedreich,Hereditary Spinal Ataxia, Friedreich's,Ataxia, Friedreich,Ataxia, Friedreich Familial,Ataxia, Friedreich Hereditary,Ataxia, Friedreich Spinocerebellar,Ataxia, Friedreich's,Ataxia, Friedreich's Familial,Ataxia, Friedreich's Hereditary,Ataxias, Friedreich,Ataxias, Friedreich's Hereditary,Disease, Friedreich,Disease, Friedreich's,Familial Ataxia, Friedreich,Familial Ataxia, Friedreich's,Friedreich Ataxias,Friedreich's Hereditary Ataxias,Friedreichs Familial Ataxia,Friedreichs Hereditary Ataxia,Hereditary Ataxia, Friedreich,Hereditary Ataxia, Friedreich's,Hereditary Ataxias, Friedreich's,Hereditary Spinal Scleroses,Scleroses, Hereditary Spinal,Spinal Scleroses, Hereditary,Spinal Sclerosis, Hereditary,Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Friedreich
D005799	Genes, Dominant	Genes that influence the PHENOTYPE both in the homozygous and the heterozygous state.	Conditions, Dominant Genetic,Dominant Genetic Conditions,Genetic Conditions, Dominant,Condition, Dominant Genetic,Dominant Gene,Dominant Genes,Dominant Genetic Condition,Gene, Dominant,Genetic Condition, Dominant
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults