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Clinical, electrophysiological and molecular genetic characteristics of 93 patients with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Oct 2001
Dubourg O, Tardieu S, Birouk N, Gouider R, Léger J M, Maisonobe T, Brice A, Bouche P, LeGuern E
Abstract excerpt
X-linked dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMTX) disease is a motor and sensory neuropathy caused by mutations in the connexin 32 (CX32) gene. In this study we report the clinical, electrophysiological and genetic features of 93 patients (41 males, 52 females) from 37 unrelated families with CMTX. Age at onset was 15.4 +/- 9.6 years in males (range 1-40 years) and 18.7 +/- 13.1 years in females (range 1-56 years) (P...
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