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June 1973, Vol 125, No. 6 >
Article | June 1973

Hereditary Recurrent Brachial Neuropathy FREE

Noel Guillozet, MD; Robert D. Mercer, MD
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Received for publication Aug 24, 1972; accepted March 19, 1973.

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Am J Dis Child. 1973;125(6):884-887. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1973.04160060082019.
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A 7-year-old boy with hereditary recurrent brachial neuropathy is described and the disease is traced through three generations. The disease is thought to be transmitted by an autosomal dominant gene. There is a wide spectrum of severity of attacks which have a tendency to recur at long intervals to appear during pregnancy or parturition. A troublesome but generally benign course can be predicted. There is no evidence at this time to believe that treatment other than supportive care has any real value.

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Dejerine J, Sottas J:  Sur la nevrite intestitielle, hypertrophique et progressive de l'enfance . Compt Rend Soc Biol 5:63-96, 1893;.
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de Bruyn RS, Stern RO:  A case of the progressive hypertrophic polyneuritis of Dejerine and Sottas, with pathological examination . Brain 52:84-107, 1929;.
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References

1 +
Dreschfeld J:  On some of the rarer forms of muscular atrophies . Brain 9:178-195, 1887;.
2 +
Ross J, Bury JS: On peripheral neuritis . London, 1893;.
3 +
Davies DM:  Recurrent peripheralnerve palsies in a family . Lancet 2:266-268, 1954;.
4 +
Ungley CC:  Recurrent polyneuritis in pregnancy and the puerperium affecting three members of a family . J Neurol Psychopathol 14:15-26, 1933;.
5 +
Taylor RA:  Heredofamilial mononeuritis multiplex with brachial predilection . Brain 83:113-137, 1960;.
6 +
Jacob JC, Andermann F, Robb JP:  Heredofamilial neuritis with brachial predilection . Neurology 11:1025-1033, 1961;.
7 +
Gardner JH, Maloney W:  Hereditary brachial and cranial neuritis genetically linked with ocular hypotelorism and syndactly . Neurology 18:278-281, 1968;.
8 +
Wyburn-Mason R:  Brachial neuritis occurring in epidemic form . Lancet 2:662-663, 1941;.
9 +
Spillane JD:  Localized neuritis of the shoulder girdle . Lancet 2:532-535, 1943;.
10 +
Parsonage MJ, Turner JWA:  Neuralgic amyotrophy: The shoulder-girdle syndrome . Lancet 1:973-978, 1948;.
11 +
Turner JWA, Parsonage JF:  Neuralgic amyotrophy (paralytic brachial neuritis) with reference to prognosis . Lancet 2:209-212, 1957;.
12 +
Magee KR, DeJong RN:  Paralytic brachial neuritis: Discussion of clinical features with review of 23 cases . JAMA 174:1258-1262, 1960;.
13 +
Evans HW:  Paralytic brachial neuritis: Report of a case . Lancet 83:251-252, 1963;.
14 +
Kennedy WR, Resch JA:  Paralytic brachial neuritis . Lancet 86:459-462, 1966;.
15 +
Dejerine J, Sottas J:  Sur la nevrite intestitielle, hypertrophique et progressive de l'enfance . Compt Rend Soc Biol 5:63-96, 1893;.
16 +
de Bruyn RS, Stern RO:  A case of the progressive hypertrophic polyneuritis of Dejerine and Sottas, with pathological examination . Brain 52:84-107, 1929;.
17 +
Fleming R:  Refsum's syndrome: An unusual hereditary neuropathy . Neurology 7:476-479, 1957;.
18 +
Austin JH:  Recurrent polyneuropathies and their corticosteroid treatment . Brain 81:157-190, 1958;.

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