Abstract
A woman was isozygous for a novel mutation in the leukemia inhibitory factor receptor gene (LIFR) (c.2170C>G; p.Pro724Ala) which disrupts LIFR downstream signaling and results in Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome (STWS). She inherited two identical chromosomes 5 from her mother, heterozygous for the LIFR mutation. The presentation was typical for STWS, except there was no long bone dysplasia. Prominent cold-induced sweating and heat intolerance lead to an initial diagnosis of cold-induced sweating syndrome, excluded by exome sequencing. Skin biopsies provide the first human evidence of failed postnatal cholinergic differentiation of sympathetic neurons innervating sweat glands in cold-induced sweating, and of a neuropathy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 926-932 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)
- Clinical Neurology