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Periaxin mutation in Japanese patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Otagiri Tesshu, Sugai Kenji, Kijima Kazuki, Arai Hiroko, Sawaishi Yukio, Shimohata Mitsuteru, Hayasaka Kiyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Periaxin (PRX) plays an important role in the myelination of the peripheral nerve and consequently in the pathogenesis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). To date, nine nonsense or frameshift PRX mutations have been reported in eight families with CMT. The patients with PRX mutations appeared t...
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