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Mutations in the LMNA gene do not cause axonal CMT in Czech patients.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 2009
Lassuthová Petra, Baránková Lucia, Haberlová Jana, Mazanec Radim, Wallace Andrew, Huehne Kathrin, Rautenstrauss Bernd, Seeman Pavel
Abstract excerpt
The LMNA gene was sequenced in 98 Czech patients from 94 unrelated families with early-onset axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease consistent with both autosomal recessive inheritance and sporadic cases. Biallelic pathogenic mutations were not found in any patient in this group. One patient carried the c.1870C>T mutation that is predicted to result in the amino-acid substitution, p. Arg624Cys, on one allele,...
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