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Corticospinal tract MRI hyperintensity in X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Jun 2005
Kassubek Jan, Bretschneider Volker, Sperfeld Anne-Dorte
Abstract excerpt
In X-linked hereditary demyelinating neuropathies (CMTX), caused by mutations in Connexin 32, mild subclinical CNS involvement is not unusual. We present a young male patient suffering from genetically proven CMTX who presented with permanent bilateral corticospinal tract hyperintensities in cranial MRI -- a finding previously described to be characteristic for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. MRI seems to be able...
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