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Does Dejerine-Sottas affect the heart?

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Does Dejerine-Sottas affect the heart?

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Short answer: No. Slightly longer answer: Dejerine-Sottas may result in a sedentary lifestyle, and that will weaken the heart over time. Do your best to stay active. Long answer: In Hypertrophic peripheral neuropathy (Dejerine-Sottas disease) associated with heart block. Case report presentation and review of the literature, “severe involvement of the cardiac conductive tissue causing syncopal attacks” in one man is reported. This is the first and only time cardiac involvement is described.

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