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Genetics of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy and the Costa Rican contribution.
Revista de biologia tropical - 1 Sept 2004
Leal Alejandro
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is the most common hereditary illness of the peripheral nervous system. The genetics and the physiopathological aspects of the disease clarified until know, are here summarized. More than twenty genes and ten additional loci have been related with HMSN. These findings contribute to understand the metabolism of peripheral nerves...
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