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Coexistent central and peripheral nervous system involvement in a Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome X-linked patient.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Jun 2010
Fusco Carlo, Frattini Daniele, Pisani Francesco, Spaggiari Federica, Ferlini Alessandra, Della Giustina Elvio
Abstract excerpt
A 14-year-old boy with an episode of acute weakness resembling acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis and polyradiculoneuritis after a febrile illness is described. Molecular analysis showed a mutation at codon 164 of the connexin 32 gene. Neuroradiological and neurophysiological follow-up is reported during acute and chronic phases of disease, suggesting that during metabolic stress connexin 32 mutations lead to...
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