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. 2009 Aug 3;132(10):2699–2711. doi: 10.1093/brain/awp198

Table 3.

Overview of HSAN types with corresponding gene/locus, inheritance pattern, cardinal phenotypic features and references to the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database and literature

Type Gene Locus Inh Clinical features AAO OMIM Reference
HSAN I SPTLC1 9q22.2 AD Predominant loss of pain and temperature sensation, preservation of vibration sense, lancinating pain, variable distal motor involvementa Adulta 162400 Bejaoui et al., 2001; Dawkins et al., 2001
HSAN IB unknown 3p24-p22 AD Predominant sensory neuropathy with cough and gastroesophageal reflux, rarely foot ulcerations Adult 608088 Kok et al., 2003
CMT2B RAB7 3q21.3 AD Prominent distal motor involvement, sensory loss of all qualities, acro-mutilating complications Adult 600882 Verhoeven et al., 2003
HSAN II WNK1/HSN2 12p13.3 AR Prominent sensory loss and mutilations in hands and feet, acropathy Childhood 201300 Lafreniere et al., 2004
HSAN III (Riley–Day syndrome) IKBKAP 9q31 AR Familial dysautonomia, prominent autonomic disturbances and complications, absence of fungiform papillae of the tongue, alacrimia, excessive sweating Congenital 223900 Slaugenhaupt et al., 2001
HSAN IV (CIPA) NTRK1 1q21-22 AR No or reduced response to painful stimuli, anhidrosis, episodic fever, mild mental retardation, skin and cornea lesions, joint deformities, hypogammaglobulinemia in one patient (this study) Congenital 256800 Indo et al., 1996
HSAN V NGFB (NTRK1 in rare cases) 1p13.1 (1q21-22) AR Congenital insensitivity to pain, severe loss of deep pain perception, painless fractures, joint deformities, normal intelligence Congenital 608654 Einarsdottir et al., 2004 (Houlden et al., 2001)
HSAN with spastic paraplegia CCT5 5p15-p14 AR Prominent sensory neuropathy with sensory loss of all qualities, mutilating acropathy, spastic paraplegia. Early childhood 256840 Bouhouche et al., 2006a

a Congenital onset in one patient with hypotonia, cataract, microcephaly and vocal cord paralysis (this study).

Inh = inheritance; AAO = age at onset; (updated from Auer-Grumbach et al., 2006 and Verhoeven et al., 2006).