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Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy with agenesis of the corpus callosum

2003; Wiley; Volume: 54; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/ana.77777

1531-8249

Nicolas Dupré, Heidi Howard, Jean Mathieu, George Karpati, Michel Vanasse, Jean‐Pierre Bouchard, Stirling Carpenter, Guy A. Rouleau,

Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum (OMIM 218000) is an autosomal recessive disease of early onset characterized by a delay in developmental milestones, a severe sensory-motor polyneuropathy with areflexia, a variable degree of agenesis of the corpus callosum, amyotrophy, hypotonia, and cognitive impairment. Although this disorder has rarely been reported worldwide, it has a high prevalence in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region of the province of Quebec (Canada) predominantly because of a founder effect. The gene defect responsible for this disorder recently has been identified, and it is a protein-truncating mutation in the SLC12A6 gene, which codes for a cotransporter protein known as KCC3. Herein, we provide the first extensive review of this disorder, covering epidemiological, clinical, and molecular genetic studies.