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Seventeen novel PLP1 mutations in patients with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease.
Human mutation - 1 Mar 2005
Hübner Christian A, Orth Ulrike, Senning Arne, Steglich Cordula, Kohlschütter Alfried, Korinthenberg Rudolf, Gal Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare X-chromosomal neurodegenerative disorder that affects primarily the white matter of the central nervous system and is caused by mutations of the PLP1 (proteolipid protein 1) gene. We performed mutation analysis of 133 male patients with suspected PMD. Following SSCP analysis of all coding exons of PLP1, we found most likely pathogenic mutations (single base...
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