DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for giant axonal neuropathy 2

Giant axonal neuropathy 2 [DOID:0090069]

An axonal neuopathy that is characterized by distal sensory impairment, lower extremity muscle weakness and atrophy, and giant axonal swelling with neurofilament accumulation, and has_material_basis_in autosomal dominant inheritance of heterozygous mutation in the DDB1- and CUL4-associated factor 8 (DCAF8) gene on chromosome 1q23.

Synonyms:  giant axonal neuropathy 2,  DOID:0090069