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Mutation of the SBF2 gene, encoding a novel member of the myotubularin family, in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy type 4B2/11p15.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Feb 2003
Senderek Jan, Bergmann Carsten, Weber Susanne, Ketelsen Uwe-Peter, Schorle Hubert, Rudnik-Schöneborn Sabine, Büttner Reinhard, Buchheim Eckhard, Zerres Klaus
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a severe childhood-onset neuromuscular disorder. Autosomal recessive CMT is genetically heterogeneous with one locus mapped to chromosome 11p15 (CMT4B2). The histopathological hallmarks of CMT4B2 are focal outfoldings of myelin in nerve biopsies. Homozygosity mapping, in a Turkish inbred family with four children...
Topics
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Myelin Sheath
- Pedigree
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
