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Our aim was to define the frequency and characteristics of small fiber neuropathy (SFN) in RFC1 disease at different stages.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>RFC1 cases were screened for SFN using the Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory and Composite Autonomic Symptom Score 31 questionnaires. Clinical data were retrospectively collected. If available, lower limb skin biopsy samples were evaluated for somatic epidermal and autonomic subepidermal structure innervation and compared to healthy controls (HCs).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Forty patients, median age at onset 54\u2009years (interquartile range [IQR] 49\u201361) and disease duration 10\u2009years (IQR 6\u201316), were enrolled. Mild\u2010to\u2010moderate positive symptoms (median Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory score 12.1\/50, IQR 5.5\u201322.3) and relevant autonomic disturbances (median Composite Autonomic Symptom Score\u200931 37.0\/100, IQR 17.7\u201344.3) were frequently reported and showed scarce correlation with disease duration. A non\u2010length\u2010dependent impairment in nociception was evident in both clinical and paraclinical investigations. An extreme somatic denervation was observed in all patients at both proximal (fibers\/mm, RFC1 cases 0.0 vs. HCs 20.5, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001) and distal sites (fibers\/mm, RFC1 cases 0.0 vs. HCs 13.1, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001); instead only a slight decrease was observed in cholinergic and adrenergic innervation of autonomic structures.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>RFC1 disease is characterized by a severe and widespread somatic SFN. 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