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Founder effect and estimation of the age of the c.892C>T (p.Arg298Cys) mutation in LMNA associated to Charcot-Marie-Tooth subtype CMT2B1 in families from North Western Africa.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Sept 2008
Hamadouche T, Poitelon Y, Genin E, Chaouch M, Tazir M, Kassouri N, Nouioua S, Chaouch A, Boccaccio I, Benhassine T, De Sandre-Giovannoli A, Grid D, Lévy N, Delague V
Abstract excerpt
CMT2B1, an axonal subtype (MIM 605588) of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, is an autosomal recessive motor and sensory neuropathy characterized by progressive muscular and sensory loss in the distal extremities with chronic distal weakness. The genetic defect associated with the disease is, to date, a unique homozygous missense mutation, p.Arg298Cys (c.892C>T), in the LMNA gene. So far, this mutation has only...
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