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A Woman Who Could Not Wear High Heels

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Neuromuscular Disease

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A 44 year old woman with a positive family history for neuromuscular disease, presents with a slowly progressive peripheral neuropathy, found to be demyelinating on neurophysiology. Genetic testing confirms the diagnosis.

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Correspondence to Matilde Laurá MD, PhD .

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Mahdi-Rogers, M., Laurá, M., Reilly, M.M. (2017). A Woman Who Could Not Wear High Heels. In: Manji, H., Turner, C., Evans, M. (eds) Neuromuscular Disease . Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2389-7_1

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