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ORPHA:435387Disease
Also called Autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 due to VCP mutation · CMT2 due to VCP mutation · CMT2Y
What it is
A rare, axonal hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy characterized by progressive distal muscle weakness and atrophy of variable onset and severity. Patients present with postural instability, gait and running difficulties, decreased deep tendon reflexes, foot deformities, fine motor impairment, and distal sensory impairment. Dysarthria, dysphagia, and mild cognitive and behavioral abnormalities have also been reported.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- Adult, Childhood
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant
- Classified as
- Disease
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
Signs and symptoms
Common30–79%
17- Absent Achilles reflex
- Decreased nerve conduction velocity
- Difficulty running
- Distal amyotrophy
- Distal muscle weakness
- Distal sensory impairment
- Distal upper limb muscle weakness
- Foot dorsiflexor weakness
- Gait disturbance
- Gait imbalance
- Hand muscle atrophy
- Impaired tactile sensation
- Impaired vibration sensation in the lower limbs
- Peripheral axonal neuropathy
- Pes cavus
- Poor fine motor coordination
- Sensorimotor neuropathy
These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.
Gene
ICD-10 codes
ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.
Related health topics
Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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