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Congenital hypomyelination due to myelin protein zero Q215X mutation.
Annals of neurology - 1 May 1999
Mandich P, Mancardi G L, Varese A, Soriani S, Di Maria E, Bellone E, Bado M, Gross L, Windebank A J, Ajmar F, Schenone A
Abstract excerpt
Congenital hypomyelination (CH) is a hereditary demyelinating peripheral neuropathy characterized by early infancy onset, distal muscle weakness, hypotonia, areflexia, and severe slowing of nerve conduction velocities. In the present report, the clinical, morphological, and immunohistochemical features of a CH case and the identification of a mutation in the gene (MPZ) for protein zero (P0) associated with this...
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