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Hereditary sensory neuropathy-deafness-dementia syndrome
Disease definition
A rare genetic neurological disorder characterized by sensorineural hearing loss, sensory neuropathy, behavioral abnormalities, and dementia. Occurrence of seizures has also been reported. Age of onset is between adolescence and adulthood. The disease is progressive, with fatal outcome typically in the fifth to sixth decade.
ORPHA:456318
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- Clinical practice guidelines
- Deutsch (2015)
- Clinical genetics review
- English (2019)
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