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Results 1 - 10 of 57 for peripheral nerves
  1. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 
    ... hereditary sensory and motor neuropathies that damage the peripheral nerves. Peripheral nerves connect the brain and spinal cord to muscles ... touch, pain, heat, and sound. Damage to the peripheral nerves that worsens over time can result in alteration ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/charcot-marie-tooth-disease - Genetics
  2. Autosomal recessive axonal neuropathy with neuromyotonia 
    ... with neuromyotonia is a disorder that affects the peripheral nerves. Peripheral nerves connect the brain and spinal cord to muscles ... caused by damage to a particular part of peripheral nerves called axons, which are the extensions of nerve ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...sive-axonal-neuropathy-with-neuromyotonia - Genetics
  3. Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies 
    ... to pressure palsies is a disorder that affects peripheral nerves. These nerves connect the brain and spinal cord ... and temperature. In people with this disorder, the peripheral nerves are unusually sensitive to pressure, such as the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...opathy-with-liability-to-pressure-palsies - Genetics
  4. Guillain-Barré syndrome 
    ... In Guillain-Barré syndrome, the immune response damages peripheral nerves, which are the nerves that connect the central ... the immune response affects a particular part of peripheral nerves called axons, which are the extensions of nerve ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/guillain-barre-syndrome - Genetics
  5. Yuan-Harel-Lupski syndrome 
    ... begin in childhood and result from damage to peripheral nerves, which connect the brain and spinal cord to ... such as touch, pain, and heat. Damage to peripheral nerves can lead to loss of sensation and wasting ( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/yuan-harel-lupski-syndrome - Genetics
  6. Leprosy 
    ... to appear.Leprosy affects the skin and the peripheral nerves, which connect the brain and spinal cord to ... body, traveling through the skin and into the peripheral nerves, and sometimes into deeper tissues, leading to the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/leprosy - Genetics
  7. Neurofibromatosis type 1 
    ... develop in adolescence or adulthood, are called malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors. People with neurofibromatosis type 1 also ... characteristic of neurofibromatosis type 1. Neurofibromatosis 1 ... Genetic Testing Registry: Neurofibromatosis, type ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/neurofibromatosis-type-1 - Genetics
  8. Congenital cataracts, facial dysmorphism, and neuropathy 
    ... lower jaw.CCFDN causes progressive damage to the peripheral nerves, which connect the brain and spinal cord to muscles and sensory cells. This nerve damage is known as peripheral neuropathy. Weakness in the legs, followed by the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...taracts-facial-dysmorphism-and-neuropathy - Genetics
  9. Lattice corneal dystrophy type II 
    ... detect sensations such as touch, pain, and heat (peripheral nerves) can cause loss of sensation and weakness in the limbs (peripheral neuropathy). Peripheral neuropathy usually occurs in the lower ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../lattice-corneal-dystrophy-type-ii - Genetics
  10. Schwartz-Jampel syndrome 
    ... Gueguen A, Fournier E, Eymard B, Nicole S. Peripheral nerve hyperexcitability with preterminal nerve and neuromuscular junction remodeling ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/schwartz-jampel-syndrome - Genetics
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