A rare genetic demyelinating hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy disorder with characteristics of slowly progressive mild to moderate distal muscle weakness and atrophy of the upper and lower limbs and variable distal sensory impairment, associated with variable hyperextensible skin and age-related macular degeneration. Hypermobility of distal joints, high palate, and minor skeletal abnormalities (for example pectus excavatus, dolichocephaly) may also be associated. There is evidence the disease is caused by heterozygous mutation in the gene encoding fibulin-5 (FBLN5) on chromosome 14q32. [from
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