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SET binding factor 2 (SBF2) mutation causes CMT4B with juvenile onset glaucoma.
Neurology - 10 Aug 2004
Hirano R, Takashima H, Umehara F, Arimura H, Michizono K, Okamoto Y, Nakagawa M, Boerkoel C F, Lupski J R, Osame M, Arimura K
Abstract excerpt
The authors report a Japanese family segregating autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) with focally folded myelin, juvenile-onset glaucoma, and a nonsense mutation of SET binding factor 2 (SBF2). The consistent phenotypic features associated with SBF2 mutations are early-onset demyelinating neuropathy, myelin folding, and markedly decreased motor nerve conduction velocities; glaucoma associates...
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