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Polyneuropathy with minifascicle formation in a patient with 46XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis

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A patient with mixed gonadal dysgenesis showed glove and stocking-type sensory impairment and slowing of motor and sensory nerve conduction. Sural nerve biopsy revealed minifascicular formation with decreased density of myelinated fibers. As far as we are aware, this is the first report of polyneuropathy with minifascicular formation in 46XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis.

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  1. The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, Sakuragaoka 8-35-1, 890 Kagoshima, Japan Tel.: +81-99-275-5332, Fax: +81-99-265-7164, , , , , , JP

    F. Umehara, Naoki Yamaguchi, Daisuke Kodama, Satoshi Takenaga, Takashiro Kiwaki, Yoshito Sonoda, Yumiko Arimura, Hirohisa Yamada, Kimiyoshi Arimura & Mitsuhiro Osame

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  1. F. Umehara
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Received: 21 September 1998 / Revised: 14 December 1998, 15 February 1999 / Accepted: 15 February 1999

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Umehara, F., Yamaguchi, N., Kodama, D. et al. Polyneuropathy with minifascicle formation in a patient with 46XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis. Acta Neuropathol 98, 309–312 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004010051085

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