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Clinical, pathological and molecular findings in two siblings with giant axonal neuropathy (GAN): report from India.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Nalini A, Gayathri N, Yasha T C, Ravishankar S, Urtizberea A, Huehne Kathrin, Rautenstrauss Bernd
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN, MIM: 256850) is characterized by an early onset of severe peripheral neuropathy, varying central nervous system involvement and strikingly frizzly hair. Mode of inheritance is autosomal recessive. Mutations in the gigaxonin (GAN) gene on chromosome 16q24.1 are frequently observed for this disorder, but genetic heterogeneity has been demonstrated for a milder variant of...
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