Progressive polyneuropathy with bilateral striatal necrosis

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Progressive polyneuropathy with bilateral striatal necrosis

Progressive polyneuropathy with bilateral striatal necrosis is a rare genetic disorder of thiamine metabolism and transport characterized by the childhood-onset of recurrent episodes of flaccid paralysis and encephalopathy associated with bilateral striatal necrosis and chronic progressive axonal polyneuropathy with proximal and distal muscle weakness areflexia contractures and foot deformities.

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Mississippi Metabolics Foundation

Mississippi Metabolics Foundation (MMF) was founded to raise awareness, educate, and provide support to those living or caring for someone with genetic metabolic disorders/inborn errors of metabolism (IEM).

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