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Signs and Symptoms

Patients who suffer from the Roussy-Levy Syndrome experience symptoms such as gait ataxia, pes cavus, areflexia, eventually associated with muscle atrophy, postural tremors, limb ataxia, kyphoscoliosis, and sensory loss.^[1] This disorder is also characterized by slow nerve conduction and demyelination of nerve fibers with onion bulb formations in nerve biopsy specimens.^[2]

Causes

Diagnosis

Nerve Conduction

Electromyography (EMG)

Nerve Biopsy

Treatment

Physical Therapy

Surgery

Prognosis

References

^ Zubair, S., Holland, N. R., Beson, B., Parke, J. T., & Prodan, C. I. (2008). A novel point mutation in the PMP22 gene in a family with Roussy-Levy syndrome. [Letter]. Journal of Neurology, 255(9), 1417-1418. doi: 10.1007/s00415-008-0896-5
^ Plante-Bordeneuve, V., Guiochon-Mantel, A., Lacroix, C., Lapresle, J., & Said, G. (1999). The Roussy-Levy family: From the original description to the gene. [Article]. Annals of Neurology, 46(5), 770-773. doi: 10.1002/1531-8249(199911)46:5<770::aid-ana13>3.0.co;2-u

[1] Zubair, S., Holland, N. R., Beson, B., Parke, J. T., & Prodan, C. I. (2008). A novel point mutation in the PMP22 gene in a family with Roussy-Levy syndrome. [Letter]. Journal of Neurology, 255(9), 1417-1418. doi: 10.1007/s00415-008-0896-5

[2] Plante-Bordeneuve, V., Guiochon-Mantel, A., Lacroix, C., Lapresle, J., & Said, G. (1999). The Roussy-Levy family: From the original description to the gene. [Article]. Annals of Neurology, 46(5), 770-773. doi: 10.1002/1531-8249(199911)46:5<770::aid-ana13>3.0.co;2-u

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