Article
Mild form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1X disease caused by a novel Cys179Gly mutation in the GJB1/Cx32 gene.
Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology - 1 Oct 2009
Moszyńka I, Kabzińska D, Kochański A
Abstract excerpt
Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1X (CMT1X) disease is inherited as an X-linked dominant trait. Female CMT1X patients are usually mildly affected or even asymptomatic carriers of mutations in the GJB1 gene coding for a gap junction protein called connexin-32 (Cx32). In this report, a five-generation CMT1...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
