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Action myoclonus-renal failure syndrome
Disease definition
A rare epilepsy syndrome characterized by progressive myoclonus epilepsy in association with primary glomerular disease. Patients present with neurologic symptoms (including tremor, action myoclonus, tonic-clonic seizures, later ataxia and dysarthria) that may precede, occur simultaneously or be followed by renal manifestations including proteinuria that progresses to nephrotic syndrome and end-stage renal disease. In some patients, sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy, sensorineural hearing loss and dilated cardiomyopathy are associated symptoms.
ORPHA:163696
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- AMRF
- EPM4
- Myoclonus-nephropathy syndrome
- Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 4
- Progressive myoclonus epilepsy type 4
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
- Age of onset: Adolescent, Adult
- ICD-10: G40.4
- OMIM: 254900
- UMLS: C0751779
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2018) Español (2018) Italiano (2018) Nederlands (2018) Polski ()
Detailed information
Disease review articles
- Clinical genetics review
- English (2015) - GeneReviews


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