raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:443950

DNAJB2-related Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2

Synonyms: DNAJB2-related CMT2

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Age of onset
Adult
Status
active

A rare autosomal recessive axonal hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy characterized by adolescent or adult onset of slowly progressive muscle weakness and atrophy of the distal lower limbs progressing to involve also the upper limbs and proximal muscles, and sensory impairment. Patients present gait disturbances and loss of reflexes, at later stages loss of ambulation, dysarthria, dysphagia, facial weakness, and impairment of respiratory muscles requiring assisted ventilation.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enDNAJB2-related Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2DNAJB2-related CMT2
frMaladie de Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2 associée à DNAJB2CMT2 associée à DNAJB2
deCharcot-Marie-Tooth-Krankheit, autosomal-rezessive, Typ 2, DNAJB2-assoziierteDNAJB2-assoziierte CMT2
esEnfermedad de Charcot-Marie-Tooth tipo 2 asociada a DNAJB2CMT2 asociada a DNAJB2
itMalattia di Charcot-Marie-Tooth tipo 2 correlata a DNAJB2CMT2 correlata a DNAJB2
nlDNAJB2-gerelateerde ziekte van Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2DNAJB2-gerelateerde CMT2
ptDoença Charcot-Marie-Tooth tipo 2 DNAJB2-relacionadaCMT2 DNAJB2-relacionada
plChoroba Charcota, Mariego i Tootha typu 2TAR-CMT2T · Autosomalna recesywna aksonalna choroba Charcota, Mariego i Tootha typu 2T · CMT2T · Choroba Charcot-Marie-Tooth typu 2 związana z DNAJB2
csDNAJB2-vázaná Charcot-Marie-Toothova nemoc, typ 2DNAJB2-related CMT2 · Charcot-Marie-Toothova nemoc, typ 2T · DNAJB2-vázaná CMT2
ukХвороба Шарко-Марі-Тута, тип 2, повязана з DNAJB2CMT2, повязаний з DNAJB2
zhDNAJB2相关Charcot-Marie-Tooth病 2型DNAJB2相关 CMT2
trDNAJB2-ilişkili Charcot-Marie-Tooth hastalığı tip 2DNAJB2-ilişkili CMT2

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
OMIM614881NTBTvalidated
ICD-10G60.0NTBTattributedvalidated
MONDO14866Evalidated
UMLSC5569053Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (1):

No children.

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Genes

1 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
DNAJB2Disease-causing germline mutation(s) inAssessedHGNC:5228ENSG000001359246041392q35DnaJ heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member B225274842[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Cases/families2 casesWorldwideCase(s)Validated25274842[PMID]
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000—WorldwideClass onlyValidatedORPHANET_25274842[PMID]

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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Sources for this card