A podiatrist refers a patient to you because they and are affected by slowly worsening foot drop, high-arched feet, hammer toes, and sensory loss. They are also a member of the Deaf community, which increases your suspicion of:
a) XL inheritance of a GJB1 duplication-- this pathology leads to an X-linked form of CMT that is also associated with deafness and CNS symptoms
Describe at least 3 ways that we might distinguish the presentation of a myopathy from the presentation of a peripheral neuropathy– think about timing, symptoms, senses, distribution, bloodwork, etc...
Possible answers-- there may be more!