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[Davidenkow syndrome. A rare peripheral neuropathy].

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A different and rare type of atrophy with a predominant pattern in scapulo-peroneal distribution was described by Davidenkow in 1939. The syndrome was characterized by some researchers as a variant of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, however Davidenkow noticed that clinical and laboratorial manifestations did not corroborate exactly with this hypothesis. We describe a case of a female patient, 39 years-old, clinical picture similar to the syndrome described by Davidenkow, presenting scapulo-peroneal atrophy.

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The nosologic boundary of neuropathic scapuloperoneal syndrome (Davidenkow's syndrome) remains ill defined and its genetic basis is unknown. A case of Davidenkow's syndrome with the monochromosomic 17p11.2 deletion that often is associated with hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP) is described.

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Davidenkow's syndrome is being reported in three members of a family. The affected subjects had weakness and wasting of the deltoids and the distal muscles of the lower limbs. The onset of the disorder was in the middle of the second decade and the affected subjects retained the capability of independent mobility till the fifth decade.

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Scapuloperoneal muscular atrophy: Davidenkow's syndrome. Family report.

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University Hospital-IV kilometer, III Neurological Clinic, Sofia, Bulgaria.

The nosology of scapuloperoneal syndrome remains controversial. Is it a variant of Charcot-Marie-Tooth's disease, a form of myopathy, or of spinal muscular atrophy is still unknown. A family with a scapuloperoneal syndrome caused by anterior horn cell involvement is described.

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