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A new MPZ mutation associated with a mild CMT1 phenotype presenting with recurrent nerve compression.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Aug 2008
Magot Armelle, Latour Philippe, Mussini Jean-Marie, Mourtada Reda, Guiheneuc Pierre, Pereon Yann
Abstract excerpt
P0 is a transmembrane protein of the immunoglobulin superfamily that plays a role in myelin structure and function. Myelin protein zero gene (MPZ) mutations usually cause a demyelinating variant of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1B (CMT1B), but there is a wide spectrum of phenotypic manifestation of these mutations. We describe three patients from one family and one separate patient who presented with a...
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