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Myelin deficiencies in both the central and the peripheral nervous systems associated with a SOX10 mutation.
Annals of neurology - 1 Sept 1999
Inoue K, Tanabe Y, Lupski J R
Abstract excerpt
We describe an unique patient presenting with severe leukodystrophy compatible with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and peripheral neuropathy consistent with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 in addition to Waardenburg-Hirschsprung syndrome. A novel mutation was identified in her SOX10 gene, which encodes a transcription factor preferentially expressed in the late embryonic glial cell lineage and in mature...
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