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A mutation in periaxin is responsible for CMT4F, an autosomal recessive form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Feb 2001
Guilbot A, Williams A, Ravisé N, Verny C, Brice A, Sherman D L, Brophy P J, LeGuern E, Delague V, Bareil C, Mégarbané A, Claustres M
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a heterogeneous group of inherited peripheral motor and sensory neuropathies characterized by chronic distal weakness with progressive muscular atrophy and sensory loss in the distal extremities. Inheritance can be autosomal dominant, X-linked or autosomal recessive (ARCMT). Recently, a locus responsible for a demyelinating form of ARCMT disease, named CMT4F, has been mapped...
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