The diagnostic criteria of benign monomelic amyotrophy.

摘要

I read the article entitled "Benign monomelic amyotrophy in a 7-year-old girl with proximal upper limb involvement: case report" with interest . I think that some of the diagnostic criteria for monomelic amyotrophy (MMA) suggested by the authors should be reviewed again. The authors stated that no familial patient has been presented to date. However, Gucuyener et al. reported two young siblings with MMA. They proposed that MMA, at least in that family, was inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Nalini et al. also reported a familial case.