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Axonal and demyelinating forms of the MPZ Thr124Met mutation.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Sept 2003
Kurihara S, Adachi Y, Wada K, Adachi A, Ohama E, Nakashima K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We report on a Japanese family with Charcot Marie Tooth disease (CMT) with the Thr124Met mutation in the peripheral myelin protein zero (MPZ) gene. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Based on the clinical study, we investigated MPZ gene by direct sequence analysis and polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. RESULTS: Genotyping of four symptomatic family members showed that one...
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