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A novel mutation of myelin protein zero associated with an axonal form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Feb 2004
Santoro L, Manganelli F, Di Maria E, Bordo D, Cassandrini D, Ajmar F, Mandich P, Bellone E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To report a new mutation in the MPZ gene which encodes myelin protein zero (P0), associated with an axonal form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). METHODS: Three patients from an Italian family with a mild, late onset axonal peripheral neuropathy are described clinically and electrophysiologically. To detect point mutation in MPZ gene the whole coding sequence was examined. The structure of the...
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