Classification of the inherited neuropathies
| Neuropathies in which the neuropathy is the sole or primary part of the disease |
| • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease |
| • Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies |
| • Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies |
| • Distal hereditary motor neuropathies |
| • Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy |
| • Familial amyloid polyneuropathy |
| Neuropathies in which the neuropathy is part of a more widespread neurological or multisystem disorder |
| • Disturbances of lipid metabolism |
| ‐ Leukodystrophies |
| ‐ Lipoprotein deficiences |
| ‐ Phytanic acid storage diseases |
| ‐ α galactosidase deficiency |
| ‐ Cholestanolosis |
| ‐ Sphingomyelin lipidoses |
| • Porphyrias |
| ‐ Acute intermittent |
| ‐ Hereditary coproporphyria |
| ‐ Variegate |
| ‐ ALA dehydrase deficiency |
| • Disorders with defective DNA |
| ‐ Ataxia telangiectasia |
| ‐ Xeroderma pigmentosum |
| ‐ Cockayne syndrome |
| • Neuropathies associated with mitochondrial diseases |
| • Neuropathies associated with hereditary ataxias |
| ‐ Friedreich’s ataxia |
| ‐ Spinocerebellar ataxias |
| • Miscellaneous |
| ‐ Neuroacanthocytosis |