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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT): distinctive phenotypic and genotypic features in CMT type 2.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Feb 2001
Gemignani F, Marbini A
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), or hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN), includes two main subtypes of CMT1/HMSN I (demyelinating), and CMT2/HMSN II (axonal). Further heterogeneity has been demonstrated by genetic molecular studies, with at least four responsible genes for CMT1. As for CMT2, a mutation in the neurofilament-light (NF-L) gene has been identified in a single family, and other CMT2 loci...
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