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Novel 95G>A (R32K) somatic mosaic connexin 32 mutation.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Nov 2008
Baker Steven K, Reith Cara C, Ainsworth Peter J
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is among the most common inherited disorders of the peripheral nervous system, and it is broadly categorized as demyelinating type 1 or axonal type 2 based on nerve conduction studies. Mutations in discrete genes usually segregate into a single phenotype. However, mutations in connexin 32 (Cx32) can produce both axonal and demyelinating CMT phenotypes. Although over 300 mutations...
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