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Screening of the myelin protein zero gene in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Acta biochimica Polonica - 1 Jan 2004
Nowakowski Adam, Kochański Andrzej
Abstract excerpt
The myelin protein zero gene (MPZ) coding for the most abundant protein of the peripheral myelin was shown to be mutated in Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1B disease (CMT1B). Later on MPZ mutations have been shown in axonal type of CMT (CMT2). Recently three novel MPZ gene mutations were reported in congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy (CHN). In contrast to the previously reported studies, focused on CMT1B disease, we...
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