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Copy number variations are a rare cause of non-CMT1A Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Journal of neurology - 1 May 2010
Huang Jia, Wu Xingyao, Montenegro Gladys, Price Justin, Wang Gaofeng, Vance Jeffery M, Shy Michael E, Züchner Stephan
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary peripheral neuropathies present a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous entities. All known forms, including the various forms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) are characterized as Mendelian traits and over 35 genes have been identified thus far. The mutational mechanism of the most common CMT type, CMT1A, is a 1.5 Mb chromosomal duplication at 17p12 that contains the gene PMP22. Only...
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