Roussy-Lйvy syndrome

Roussy-Lйvy syndrome
a slowly progressive autosomal dominant disorder in which sensory ataxia is associated with areflexia, atrophy of muscles of distal extremities, especially the peroneal muscles, static tremor of the hands, pes cavus or clawfoot, and sometimes kyphoscoliosis. Called also hereditary areflexic dystasia, Lйvy-Roussy s., and Roussy-Lйvy hereditary areflexic dystasia.

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