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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4C4 caused by a novel Pro153Leu substitution in the GDAP1 gene.
Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology - 1 Oct 2007
Kabzińska D, Saifi G M, Drac H, Rowińska-Marcińska K, Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz I, Kochański A, Lupski J R
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4C4 disease (CMT4C4) is an early onset, autosomal recessive neuropathy with hoarseness caused by mutations in the GDAP1 gene which maps to the 8q13 region. To date, only 24 mutations in the GDAP1 gene have been reported. Neuropathological findings of sural nerve biopsies have been published for a limited number of CMT4C4 patients. Herein, a novel Pro153Leu mutation in the GDAP1 gene...
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