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Spine deformities in Charcot-Marie-Tooth 4C caused by SH3TC2 gene mutations.
Neurology - 22 Aug 2006
Azzedine H, Ravisé N, Verny C, Gabrëels-Festen A, Lammens M, Grid D, Vallat J M, Durosier G, Senderek J, Nouioua S, Hamadouche T, Bouhouche A, Guilbot A, Stendel C, Ruberg M, Brice A, Birouk N, Dubourg O, Tazir M, LeGuern E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a heterogeneous group of inherited peripheral motor and sensory neuropathies with several modes of inheritance: autosomal dominant, X-linked, and autosomal recessive (AR) CMT. A locus responsible for the demyelinating form of ARCMT was assigned to the 5q23-q33 region (CMT4C) by homozygosity mapping. Recently, 11 mutations were identified in the SH3TC2 (KIAA1985)...
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